Abstract
The objective of this article is to analyze the process of building instruments in favor of agroecology and organic production in the Federal District of Brazil, particularly the creation of a district policy. The study associates the sociology of public action and policy networks analysis. The methodology combines the analysis of documents and interviews of 17 key actors of this process. The results show how three interest groups, originated by an elite of few pioneer militants organized since the 1980s, have been constituted in a public action network that promoted several initiatives, events, institutions and instruments, the most recent being the creation of the District Policy for Agroecology and Organic Production-PDAPO-DF, in 2017.