Farmers plant rice in the San Gabriel Sector, Guayas Province.

Readers believe that state policy should be established with programs developed in each territory, forming cooperatives for production, marketing and direct sales to consumers… (OR)

Marco Orlando Cortes V.

Any national government with the will and commitment could restore agriculture for the economic and labor reactivation of Ecuador.

Food comes from the agricultural sector, foreign currency enters the country, which is a source of work for thousands of Ecuadorians. 39% of peasants who are poor and of low cultural level are negative. State policies must be established with plans and programs developed in each territory. Install laboratories in each province to conduct soil analysis and have scientific knowledge of their conditions, in order to sow products according to internal and external needs. To provide the farmer with refined seeds, machinery, agricultural inputs…, tax-free, with a loan with preferential interest and conditions according to the investment in a particular crop. Also form cooperatives for production, marketing and direct sales to consumers and abroad. There must be technical training at all levels, in collaboration with universities and class-oriented entities in the agricultural sector. It is about changing the system, with a vision of the country and a mission of progress for all Ecuadorians. (OR)

Jacinto Nunez

Of course, agriculture is an extremely important sector that contributes not only to the economy and work in the country, but also to health, tourism, security, trade…: and if there was a protected and guaranteed activity in the field with machines, seeds, loans, training, technology , basic services, education, good quality of life…; there would be no need to migrate to big cities or out of the country.

This sector has not been processed, studied, researched, listened to, completely renewed, with plans, policies, laws, agreed with the peasants and not with the political leaders of the cacique. There would be less poverty. Agriculture and food security are important, agriculture should be profitable not only for farmers, but also for the state. (OR)

eloy moreno

We hope that the vision will focus on the agricultural sector, the field. Ministers of agriculture chosen by governments must be professionals with experience in that career.

No candidate raises the issue of agriculture and soil pollution due to climate change and how to protect it. (OR)