Ley Orgánica de Agrobiodiversidad, Semillas y Fomento de la Agricultura Sustentable. Country/Territory Ecuador Document type Legislation Date 2017 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Registro Oficial Nº 10 Suplemento, 8 de junio de 2017 Subject Agricultural & rural development, Food & nutrition, Cultivated plants, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Agricultural development Agroecology Sustainable development Sustainable use Biodiversity Family farming Gender Food sovereignty Indigenous peoples Traditional knowledge/indigenous knowledge Financial agricultural measures Credit Special fund Climate change Farming Right to food Human rights Framework law Planting material/seeds Genetic resources Institution Internal trade International trade Registration Research Certification Classification/declassification Packaging/labelling Access-to-information Plant production Ex-situ conservation Geographical area Amazonia, Americas, Andean States, East Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, South America, South-Eastern Pacific Abstract La presente Ley Orgánica de Agrobiodiversidad, Semillas y Fomento de la Agricultura Sustentable, tiene por objeto proteger, revitalizar, multiplicar y dinamizar agrobiodiversidad en lo relativo a los recursos fitogenéticos para la alimentación y la agricultura; asegurar la producción, acceso libre y permanente a semillas de calidad y variedad, mediante el fomento e investigación científica y la regulación de modelos de agricultura sustentable; respetando las diversas identidades, saberes y tradiciones a fin de garantizar la autosuficiencia de alimentos sanos, diversos, nutritivos y culturalmente apropiados para alcanzar la soberanía alimentaria y contribuir al Buen Vivir o Sumak Kawsay. Asimismo, Garantiza el uso, producción, fomento, conservación e intercambio libre de la semilla campesina que comprende las semillas nativa y tradicional; y la producción, certificación, comercialización, importación, exportación y acceso a la semilla certificada, mediante la investigación y el fomento de la agricultura sustentable. Full text Spanish Website www.registroficial.gob.ec References - Legislation Repeals Ley de semillas (Texto codificado). Legislation | Ecuador | 1978 (2004) Keyword: Basic legislation, Planting material/seeds, Institution, Internal trade, Registration, Research, Certification, Classification/declassification, Packaging/labelling, Plant production Source: FAO, FAOLEX Implemented by Decreto 1265 – Reforma el Reglamento a la Ley Orgánica de Agrobiodiversidad, Semillas y Fomento a la Agricultura Sustentable. Legislation | Ecuador | 2021 Keyword: Financing, Special fund, Biodiversity, Planting material/seeds, Genetic resources, Sustainable use, Institution, Plant production, Certification Source: FAO, FAOLEX Acuerdo Nº 36 - Regula la aplicación de la Ley Orgánica de Agrobiodiversidad, Semillas y Fomento de la Agricultura Sustentable (LOASFAS) en lo referente al Sistema Convencional de Semillas Certificadas. Legislation | Ecuador | 2019 Keyword: Institution, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Inspection, Registration, Planting material/seeds, Certification, Internal trade, International trade, Plant production, Genetic resources, Data collection/reporting, Access-to-information, Packaging/labelling, Ecological production/organic production, Plant variety, Breeders' rights/farmers' rights, Genetically modified organism (GMO), Biotechnology, Food sovereignty, Intellectual property rights/patents Source: FAO, FAOLEX Acuerdo Nº 219 - Delega y desconcentra las atribuciones para conocer, analizar y aprobar las solicitudes de registros de semillas. Legislation | Ecuador | 2017 Keyword: Institution, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Registration, Planting material/seeds, International trade, Plant production Source: FAO, FAOLEX Decreto Nº 1011 - Reglamento a la Ley Orgánica de Agrobiodiversidad, Semillas y Fomento de la Agricultura Sustentable. Legislation | Ecuador | 2020 Keyword: Agricultural development, Sustainable development, Sustainable use, Biodiversity, Family farming, Gender, Food sovereignty, Indigenous peoples, Traditional knowledge/indigenous knowledge, Financial agricultural measures, Credit, Special fund, Climate change, Farming, Right to food, Human rights, Planting material/seeds, Genetic resources, Institution, Internal trade, International trade, Registration, Research, Certification, Classification/declassification, Packaging/labelling, Access-to-information, Plant production, Water abstraction, Irrigation, Basin/catchment/watershed, Freshwater pollution, Pollution control, Inland waters, Ex-situ conservation Source: FAO, FAOLEX