In 2021, Tania Peñaloza founded the Sayausí Rural Seed Bank, located in a parish of Cuenca, Ecuador. Today, the seed bank preserves local seed varieties but lacks community engagement that limits its expansion. In collaboration with our sponsor Marisol Peñaloza, we conducted surveys and interviews with Sayausí community members and an NGO. The team designed, produced, and evaluated a pamphlet that showcased local seed varieties, their uses and benefits, and traditional Ecuadorian recipes to help preserve Sayausí’s cultural heritage. To help expand the seed bank, we also produced a pamphlet, a logo, a banner, and a framework for seed bank replication in other parishes. Lastly, the team provided recommendations and areas of future work for the seed bank to help further its community impact.

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Creator

• Troup, Andrew
• Choi, Eugena
• Barbosa, Joselin

Subject

• Well-Being
• Community
• Food
• Sustainability
• Inclusion
• Culture
• Environment

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 108261
• E-project-050323-111331

Keyword

• Seed Bank
• Rural
• Community Engagement
• Sayausí
• Cuenca, Ecuador
• Promotional Material

Advisor

• Kinicki, Robert
• Pollice, Gary F.

Year

• 2023

Center

• Cuenca, Ecuador Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Marisol Peñaloza

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 3 - Good Health and Well-being
• 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
• 15 - Life On Land

Date created

• 2023-05-03

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-050323-111331

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-06-15