Bio-diversity

Since its founding in 1981, touring Group (GG) has promoted principles such as respect for nature and the possibility of producing in harmony with the environment. Our vision n is an n with producers aware and committed regi / as in the producci n nica org, with a population of integrated, actively participating in processes of community health, enjoying health and feeding n appropriate. To assist in this task, GG has been organized into three large areas: Producci n nica Org, community health, and institutional strengthening, articulated in a Concepci n hol feature of nature and human health. Since many years ago, the Qty Acosta n suffers a serious environmental deterioration, as a result of irrational use of natural resources. Conditions based Muscovites of its inhabitants have been heavily damaged by the ca gives the prices of some products that have been their main source of income (caf, mainly). On the other hand, the cultivation in large plantations of products as orange and pineapple, which is est in other regions of the country, as well as the use of technical which allow the maduraci artificial n of certain fruits, has become increasingly m s dif cil to small farmers of Acosta produce to compete with its products in the market but alsoproduce for their own consumption and make sure, in this way, a proper nutrition n. In response to this socio-environmental policy problem, GG has been promoting the producci n org in the cant n, as a way of contributing to the n of the fertility of the soil recovery, sustainable use of them and to improve the nutritional status and health of the population. General objective. Promote and develop the production n nica org in the Qty Acosta n, in order to contribute to the protection of the environment (recovery n and soil conservation), the strengthening of the econom as family and the improvement of the health status of the population in the communities of Guaitil and Ococa. Objectives spec graphics 1.Ofrecer Ococa and Guaitil families an alternative of marketing the products org nicos produced locally which, on the one hand, contribute to the improvement of the economy as family and, on the other hand, allows the families of these communities access other products essential in the family diet. 2.Fortalecer n of the families of Ococa and Guaitil org output, with the prop Web site ensure the availability of products org nicos to your familys diet and local marketing. 3.Contribuir with the improvement of the environment and the recovery n of the soils in the area, through the advocacy of pr practices agr friendly tails n. 4.Brindar training to beneficiary families on t technical, organisational aspects and econ micos, related to marketing products org, spec specifically, in particular, management n/support of a local market.

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