Re-territorialization of local agro-food practices in semi-urban areas of the Cuenca canton

There is an urgent to improve the social and ecological Sustainability of Food Systems, Make Further Progress on Related A Development Goals and Go Beyond the crisis of Industrialized, Globalized Food Systems Characterized by The Dual Represent of 815 Million Undernourished and Yet One One Billion Overfed People. INSERAD OF THE ONGOING DE -TERRITORIALIZATION OF FOOD SYSTEMS - WHICH SEPARATURES AGRICULTURE FROM ITS ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT, LOCAL FOOD CONSUMPTION AND THE HEALTH PROPERTIES OF ITS PRODUCTS - EFForts are Underway to re -territorialize agriculture Shorten Producer-Consumer Relations, and Re-Endow Agro-Food Products With Healthier Properties. This is the case Also in Ecuador with a Wide Variety of Territorially Embedded Food Systems Facilitated by ITS Range of Agro-Ecological Zones. The General Objective of This Project Will Be To Map The Diverse Sustainable Agro-Food Initiatives and Practices In Cuenca's Semi-Urban Regions, Indicating Concrete Opportunities to Reinforce The Through Reconstruction Socio-Technical Developments. The Project Will Apply A Critical Socio-Theoretical Research Methodology Built Upon A Socio-Spectial Analysis of Diverse Food Initiatives and Critical Re-Constructivist Analysis of Agro-Food Technologies. The Project Will results in 1) Improved Living Convictions for Participants of Diverse Food Initiatives; 2) Healthier Food Products for Consumers In Cuenca; 3) Scientific Insights into the transition towards, local food systems, Disseminated Through scientific articles published in peer-reViewed journals; 4) Inter-University Collaboration (Cuenca and Wageningen University); And 5) Policy Recommendations for Municipal and Regional Entities to make More Social and Sustainable Food Supply in the City and Semi-Urban Regions of Cuenca.

XVIII UNIVERSITY COMPETITION FOR RESEARCH PROJECTS