• Multiplication of seeds: Peasant resistance has managed to multiply native maize seeds, guaranteeing their preservation and availability
• Strengthening of the community: The activities of knowledge exchange and the creation of networks have strengthened the social fabric, uniting families, young people, and women around a common project.
• Creation of economic value: By directly transforming and marketing the fruits of the milpa, a fairer and more sustainable economic system has been created for the community. This result demonstrates the effectiveness of developing sustainable value chains at the local level.
• Greater resilience: The promotion of the social and productive milpa has made the community more resilient to external crises, whether caused by economic or environmental factors.
• Better nutrition: It increases the quantity, quality, and availability of nutritious food, without agro-chemicals, and promotes the community’s food sovereignty and self-sufficiency through the production of native maize and other milpa species; this ensures access to nutritious and culturally appropriate food, which is fundamental for the achievement of the Human Right to Food.
• Positive impacts on the environment: By promoting agroecology and the protection of biodiversity against monoculture and deforestation, the initiative directly contributes to ensuring a sustainable environment for the community, in line with the Right to a Healthy Environment.
• Living culture: The revaluation of native seeds and the milpa system is not just an agricultural practice but an act of preserving cultural identity. The project strengthens people’s connection to their roots and traditions by reproducing and offering people the fruits of the milpa transformed into culturally valued and appropriate food, which is exercising the Right to Culture. Furthermore, the culture is renewed because the families that produce the food and transform it are valued, not only for being providers but because they are “caretakers” or “Guardians”.
• Dignified work for a dignified life: The direct and fair marketing of their products ensures that the economic benefits stay in the community and empowers local producers because they decide how, when, and how much to work, from planting to selling, as well as how much their work is worth in the form of a price on the products offered to the community. In this way, the Right to Work is realized.

A key lesson is that sustainable development is not just about agricultural production but also about cultural and social regeneration. Agriculture is a tool for peace and sovereignty when it is linked to a social context that values people and their ancestral knowledge and when it is integrated into value chains that directly benefit producing communities.