The UTEQ through the community outreach project "Alternative poultry production with medicinal plant leaf meal (phytobiotic) in marginal urban and rural sectors".
Directed by teacher Piedad Yépez, it is part of the "Pío Los Ríos" project, organised by the vice-prefect of the province of Fluminense, Jhoa Chon-Qui..
Its objective is to reactivate the economy of low-income families in the rural areas of Los Ríos. For this purpose, a total of 7500 chicks of the Lohmann Brown-Classic breed were distributed to 107 families who previously received training from the UTEQ on the feeding and care of these birds. The delivery took place on the 22nd of November in the San Ramón area, Puerto Pechiche and the San Juan parish of the Pueblo Viejo canton.