Economía Social y Solidaria y su incidencia en los sistemas de producción rural, caso de estudio: Red Agroecológica de Loja, año 2014

Abstract

The Social and Solidarity Economy is an economic system that goes beyond the Market Economy, it seeks to link the human being with its natural surroundings, with clean production, rescuing ancient knowledge, through fair trade, which goal is the inclusive development for its actors. La Red Agroecológica de Loja (The Agroecology Network Loja, RAL) is an association of agro producers working under these principles. This study used indicators that together comprise two dimensions of sustainable development: economical and social, after applying a composition of indicators the results have given favorable criteria in each dimension. Basically it can be verified that the social and solidary economy allows a subsistence economy to the families and an acceptable quality of life and environment. However, it remains to study in depth criteria such as income within the economic composition and access to education within the social. Overall development can be taken as a quantitative criteria just if valuation is absolute otherwise it is still the perception by every human bein