FPA 2018 Silver Award Winner Quito, Ecuador

With its Participatory Urban Agriculture Programme (AGRUPAR, 2002), Quito won the Silver Award of the Future Policy Award 2018 on Agroecology.

World Future Council
Oct 2018

AGRUPAR was developed on the basis of a broad, largely women-led community consultation. It explicitly recognizes the role of urban agriculture for wider social, ecological and economic development and works along the entire food chain. Training programmes help support community, family and school gardens. With over 3,600 urban gardens growing on 32 hectares and more than 21,000 people trained, AGRUPAR fosters food security, increases incomes, and enhances ecosystem functions.

Its participants produce now more than 870,000 kg of food products per year for the city and more than 6,600 bio-fairs have been organized so far. The programme is part of Quito’s mission to become an entrepreneurial, sustainable and innovative city.

Link here.