The páramo, where water is born
San Isidro is an indigenous community in Ecuador’s central Andes that collectively built and manages an irrigation pipeline. The pipeline has brought life back to family farming and created more space for the community to protect the páramo, a source of water and life for farming communities and urban residents alike. This story proves the strength of longstanding models of community organisation allied with the national indigenous movement.
Volume: 31.3
ISSN: 2210-6499
Publisher: ILEIA, Center for Learning on Sustainable Agriculture
Author: Tristan Partridge
Organization: ILEIA, Center for Learning on Sustainable Agriculture
Year: 2015
Country/ies: Ecuador
Geographical coverage: Latin America and the Caribbean
Type: Case study
Full text available at: https://undp.medium.com/the-p%C3%A1ramo-is-water-and-water-is-life-a5112014f664
Content language: English