A report on smart agriculture in Latin America published in the Spanish newspaper El País, marked our closing of summer 2020.
Ejido Verde was included in this publication of the Planeta Futuro supplement. Its author, Javier Sulé, starts from raising the common challenges that we have to face derived from the effects of climate change on agriculture. And how Latin America, a region in which more than 270 million people are working in the sector, has the imperative to think about the future, given its preponderant role as a food producer and exporter.
Ejido Verde´s model promotes regenerative and sustainable practices for the plantation of pine trees and partners with forest communities in the state of Michoacán: while regenerating pine forests on degraded lands, innovation comes along providing environmental services; respecting the culture and helping to strengthen local governance, while creating new jobs and sources of income for the families involved.
Innovative elements in research and development, technical advice and the implementation of technological tools combine with the ancient knowledge of Michoacan tappers. Altogether generate a unique model that has received international recognition.
Learn more about this report at:
https://elpais.com/elpais/2020/09/10/planeta_futuro/1599723844_846240.html
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Ejido Verde is a mass-reforestation project structured as a private-public-Native initiative, an innovative form of social enterprise and community forestry that will benefit the most marginalized rural families, sustainably alleviate poverty, and improve the environment—in addition to providing a key raw material for an established industry.