National Plan for Good Living 2013–2017

The National Plan for Good Living 2013–2017 was Ecuador’s National Development Plan and the country’s overarching public planning instrument during that period. It established twelve national objectives aimed at strengthening democratic governance and popular participation; promoting equality, inclusion and territorial equity; improving quality of life; strengthening capabilities; protecting the rights of nature; transforming economic and productive relations; ensuring decent work; consolidating the social and solidarity economy; transforming the productive matrix; ensuring sovereignty and efficiency in strategic sectors; and strengthening national sovereignty and regional integration. In the agri-food domain, the Plan prioritized food sovereignty, agrarian transformation, access to productive assets, credit, technical assistance, irrigation, family farming, fair trade, productive transformation and environmental sustainability.