Social, Economic, Cultural, and Environmental Commitment
The Oñoirũ Association, as a 100% peasant-led and developed initiative, goes beyond being a successful national company in the yerba mate industry. It has a strong commitment to strengthening family farming.
Through a collaborative agroecological model, Oñoirũ rescues and promotes the knowledge and experiences of peasant farming by providing ongoing technical training, facilitating local and international cultural exchanges, and forming alliances with other organizations. This approach aims to foster sustainable, agroecological, and cultural development for both the association's members and the general population of the country.
What that commitment looks like
154 member families
The yerba mate is grown by peasant families in Itapúa organised in the association.
Training and exchange
Ongoing technical training and cultural exchanges, local and international, for members.
Participatory certification
Besides the organic seals, the yerba mate carries the Agroecological Identity Seal and APRO’s participatory guarantee, in which producers check one another.
Alliances and Collaborations
Oñoirũ works alongside various peasant, student, scientific, economic, social, state, and cultural organizations that are part of a large collaborative network.
CONAMURI - Organization of Peasant and Indigenous Women
OÑONDIVE - Women's Committee
CECTEC - Center for Education, Training, and Peasant Technology
FECOPROD - Federation of Production Cooperatives
OXFAM
LA RED AGROECOLÓGICA
UIP - Paraguayan Industrial Union
Juan de Salazar Cultural Center
PARAGUAY ORGÁNICO
SENAVE - National Service of Plant and Seed Quality and Health
MIC - Ministry of Industry and Commerce
MAG - Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock
Radio Ñe'ê roky - Edelira, Itapúa Paraguay
Edelira Municipality, Itapúa, Paraguay
AGRO PARAGUAY
YERBA MATE GUAYAKÍ
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