mishqui-yacu, sweet water - IFAD

ASOAC (Asociación de Organizaciones Agrícolas de Cañar) was
founded in 1970 in Honorato Vásquez, a village just outside Cañar.
The organization was established in order to organize land distribution
and improve production resources for four different communities.
ASOAC worked in the fields of irrigation-canal recovery, health
issues, adaptation of new agricultural techniques, storage, etc. Over
the years, ASOAC has developed contacts with several NGOs and
other development agencies. It is now organizing no less than 48
communities and is associated with an organization operating at the
national level, Federación Nacional de Organizaciones y
Organismos Campesinos Indígenas y Negros de Ecuador
(FENOCIN). Together with a few similar organizations, ASOAC constitutes
the southern branch of FENOCIN. ASOAC is not exclusively
an indigenous organization and wanted to be associated with
FENOCIN because this organization is open to all and particularly
promotes cooperation with black people along the northern coast.
We want to be able to train our own technicians. Be helpful in creating
a local fund of knowledge here in Cañar. Our cooperation
with CARC has been excellent, very open and based on mutual
respect. Together with CARC, we have developed plastic greenhouses
and have been trained in how to manage them. The project
has also helped us concerning institutional strengthening and
how to develop social-administrative skills. We have also worked
together in the rebuilding of irrigation canals. It is the policy of
ASOAC to respect all our sister organizations and not discriminate
against anybody. 75
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Plastic greenhouses
have been built
jointly with the CARC project