Agricultural products produced in an environmentally cleaner manner are increasingly in demand in foreign and domestic markets and this trend seems to continue, which drives the need to produce with criteria of respect for the environment. In addition to this, the agreements that the country has signed in environmental matters and the commitments it has acquired, oblige agricultural activity to review its policies, with a view to promoting sustainable development.
To this end, alternative techniques for the development of the agricultural sector must be promoted, with environmental prevention and quality approaches, which incorporate new changes that recycle, reuse and recover the by-products generated in productive activities.
Coclé presents appropriate conditions to take advantage of the demand for agro ecological products from domestic and foreign markets, but for this it is fundamentally necessary to increase the indices of productive efficiency, offer quality products and reduce costs to compete in prices, currently very high. In the country it is possible to do so due to the endowment of natural resources, the relatively low cost of labor and other factors, however, some restrictions can be identified for the development of agro ecological production and marketing that must be overcome; Among the main ones are the following:
