We are an Association of farmers based in the city of Puerto Maldonado - Peru, we have legal status under the current regulations in the country and our mission is to contribute to improving the quality of life of rural and urban population - with the concerted participation of public and private institutions and grassroots organizations in actions aimed at developing a diversified agriculture trying to imitate the Amazon forest. Our Association was born in 1992, in alliance with a sister association founded also the same year, called: AG-Ökologischer Landbau zum angewandten Regenwaldschutz e.V. (Working community for the practical conservation of the rainforest through ecological agriculture) based in Ludwigshafen / Germany and led by Father Arnold Willibald. Since 1992, we have concentrated our efforts, generating and accompanying processes oriented to self-management among farming families willing to make Agroecology a reality. The ECOCENTER: Location: The ECOCENTRO is located 3.2 km from Puerto Maldonado, on the left side of the road that connects the community of Rompeolas with the entire circuit of surrounding communities on the banks of the Madre de Dios River. It is a training and experience exchange center, founded in 2001, when it was acquired it was a pasture with palm trees for cattle ranching and already quite degraded, since then we started to restore it. Ecocentro arises to concentrate all our experiences in Agroforestry and also a place that articulates our network of farmers as well as the interested public. Over the years, Ecocentro has become a point of reference for those interested in ecological agriculture and it is in this place where the "Seed and Knowledge Exchange Fair" has been held for more than 20 years with the objective of rescuing natural seeds and repressing them year after year in order to take care of our food sovereignty. In the last 10 years we have been carrying out this meeting with allied organizations in the region.
Country: Perú,
When did this experience begin?: 21/04/1992
At what stage is the experience currently?: It's a consolidated. established experience
Is the experience legally recognized?: Yes
Where does the experience take place?:
Name of the organization leading the experience: Asociación de Agricultura Ecológica de MDD
Year in which it was established: 21/04/1992
Acronym (initials) of the organization: AAE
Logo of the organization: 
Description of the Organization: Our Experience contributes to the improvement of productive systems and to the increase of economic income of the rural population, through ecological agriculture and agroforestry, promoting and accompanying organizational processes, each one of us has a diversified agroforestry system, we produce fruits and transform them into products with added value, through our company that is dedicated to the transformation and commercialization for the self-sustainability of our association.
Address of the organization's headquarters: Rompeolas Km 3.2 - ECOCENTRO
Our Territorial Experience contributes to Socio-environmental Justice and Good Living, through the work we have been doing for many years, which is agroforestry, we do agriculture trying to imitate the Amazon forest, with plants that serve for the care of the soil and give us fruits for food and transformation. On the other hand, for us it is fundamental to open our territorial experience to share and exchange experiences with farmers, students and interested public in general.
Context: The Association of Ecological Agriculture of Madre de Dios was created to promote sustainable systems of land use different from traditional and conventional agriculture, without destroying the environment and without depleting soil fertility, through experimentation, training and dissemination of techniques compatible with the Amazonian reality, since for years the state had been promoting conventional agriculture using chemical inputs that damage the environment, facing this problem is that we began to show alternative land use more appropriate to the Amazonian reality.
Social Issues:
Persecution of leadersPublic healthMigration
Cultural Issues:
Loss of cultural identityImposition of external models
Political Issues:
Absence of public institutionsLack of recognition of traditional authoritiesCorruption
Economic Issues:
MiningMonocultivantsLivestock FarmingIllegal EconomiesDrug TraffickingOther - Which one?
Other - Which one?: Delincuencia
Environmental Issues:
PollutionDeforestationDegradationDroughtsFloodsDeterioration of water sourcesClimate changeForest firesDestruction of ecosystemsGreen economies (Carbon credits)
| Title | Unit | Number | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuestra asociación consolidado | Agroforestry plots more than 20 years old and almost converted into a forest over 20 hectares. | 20 | These plots were consolidated thanks to the perseverance of each of the partners and the voluntary support of the German GA, a group of people who bet on this initiative, these plots are diversified respecting the stratification of the natural forest, with short, medium and long term crops. |
| Feria de Intercambio de Semillas y Saberes | More than 20 consecutive years | 20 | The first years it was held among the members of the association, but later we promote this fair with allies, Caritas Madre de Dios, ACCA, Camino Verde, Tejiendo Sonrisa, CESVI and other organizations that are joining and cooking. |
| Ecodely | We consolidated a company with the Ecodely brand. | 1 | Ecodely is an Amazonian company of MADRE DE DIOS, born in 2012 created by farmer partners of the Association of Ecological Agriculture (AAE) this company was started with the aim of adding value to the Amazonian fruits of the agroforestry systems of our Association and with the desire to offer organic products, from fruits and vegetables from our region. We offer diverse natural products, among which our Amazonian chili bell pepper sauces, copoazú and cocoa bitters, jams, chili bell pepper pickles, distilled and copoazú and cocoa wines stand out. ECODELY is our registered trademark under which we sell our products and services. |
Salsa de Ají ojito de pescado y de cocona con ají charapita
It is a lito hot sauce to be used in meals and packaged in glass bottles of 90 ml each.
7 Soles
Encurtido de Ají
The chili pickle is packaged in a 99 ml glass bottle.
8 Soles
Mermelada de frutas (Copoazú, razá y camucamu)
They are natural jams, packed in 230g glass jars.
8 Soles
Pasta de Copoazú
It is a 100% paste from the seeds of the copoazú and are 100g bars.
10 Soles
Bitter de copoazú al 80%
It is a 50g bar sweetened with panela
10 Soles
Bitter de copoazú al 65% con castaña
It is a 50g bar sweetened with panela and chestnuts.
10 Soles
Pasta de cacao
It is a 100% cocoa paste made from cocoa beans and are 100g bars.
10 Soles
Chocolate al 80%
It is a 50g chocolate made from selected cocoa beans, sweetened with panela.
10 Soles
Chocolate al 65% con inclusión de castaña
It is a 50g chocolate made from selected cocoa beans, sweetened with panela and chestnut inclusion
10 Soles
Destilado de Copoazú
Distilled from the copoazú pulp - 500 ml bottle
60 Soles
Vino de Copoazú
Copoazu wine from the pulp - 500 ml bottle
40 Soles
Partners or Allied Organizations
| Organization Name | Organization Role in the Experience |
|---|---|
| Asociación Cáritas Madre de Dios | Aliada |
| Agroindustria Delicia Ecológica SRL Ecodely | Socia |
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