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ECUADOR, 2025. Women from the savings group preparing food
09 July 2025. El Cercado, Ecuador. Women from the El Cercado savings group prepare food over a wood-fired stove. During each monthly meeting, they share meals made with ingredients from their chakras, reinforcing bonds of solidarity, reciprocity, and collective care among families in the community.
07/09/2025
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Ecuador
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© FAO / Johanna Alarcón
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https://www.fao.org/newsroom/story/secrets-of-the-andean-chakras/en
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Kichwa women and their ancestral agricultural knowledge have sustained food security in Ecuador’s highlands for centuries. Their farms, known as chakra, were recognized in 2023 by FAO as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS). Indigenous women like Magdalena are seed guardians, preserving native maize varieties and passing this knowledge to her daughter Verónica.
Climate change-related droughts, floods and pests threaten this system, but with FAO’s support, organizations like UNORCAC work with Kichwa communities to strengthen resilience through the use and exchange of native seeds.