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ECUADOR 2025. Jazmin is a member of the local community groups
ECUADOR 2025. Jazmin is a member of the local community groups 
ECUADOR 2025. Jazmin is a member of the local community groups
ECUADOR 2025. Jazmin is a member of the local community groups 
ECUADOR, 2025. Carmen is a honey producer
ECUADOR, 2025. Carmen is a honey producer 
ECUADOR, 2025. Alexandra is a member of the women producers' organization,
ECUADOR, 2025. Alexandra is a member of the women producers' organization, 
ECUADOR, 2025. Alexandra is a member of the women producers' organization,
ECUADOR, 2025. Alexandra is a member of the women producers' organization, 
ECUADOR, 2025. Alexandra is a member of the women producers' organization,
ECUADOR, 2025. Alexandra is a member of the women producers' organization, 
ECUADOR, 2025. Alexandra is a member of the women producers' organization,
ECUADOR, 2025. Alexandra is a member of the women producers' organization, 
ECUADOR, 2025. Members of local community groups
ECUADOR, 2025. Members of local community groups 
ECUADOR, 2025. Magdalena is a farmer who produces grain and other produce
ECUADOR, 2025. Magdalena is a farmer who produces grain and other produce 
ECUADOR, 2025. Magdalena is a farmer who produces grain and other produce
ECUADOR, 2025. Magdalena is a farmer who produces grain and other produce 
ECUADOR, 2025. Magdalena is a farmer who produces grain and other produce
ECUADOR, 2025. Magdalena is a farmer who produces grain and other produce 
ECUADOR, 2025. Magdalena is a farmer who produces grain and other produce
ECUADOR, 2025. Magdalena is a farmer who produces grain and other produce 
ECUADOR, 2025. Women farmers at the community fair
ECUADOR, 2025. Women farmers at the community fair 
ECUADOR, 2025. Magdalena is a Kichwa farmer
ECUADOR, 2025. Magdalena is a Kichwa farmer 
ECUADOR, 2025. Activity at the community fair, Pachamama Nos Alimenta
ECUADOR, 2025. Activity at the community fair, Pachamama Nos Alimenta 
ECUADOR, 2025. Flour varieties at community fair
ECUADOR, 2025. Flour varieties at community fair 
ECUADOR, 2025. Camote, a sweet root vegetable grown in the highlands
ECUADOR, 2025. Camote, a sweet root vegetable grown in the highlands 
ECUADOR, 2025. Women producers at the community fair
ECUADOR, 2025. Women producers at the community fair 
ECUADOR, 2025. Leaving the community with purchased produce
ECUADOR, 2025. Leaving the community with purchased produce 
ECUADOR, 2025. Magdalena is a Kichwa farmer
ECUADOR, 2025. Magdalena is a Kichwa farmer 
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ECUADOR 2025. Jazmin is a member of the local community groups 
06 July 2025. Cotacachi, Ecuador. Jazmín Chávez (27), from the community of Piava San Pedro and a promoter for the strengthening of savings groups, poses for a portrait at the Pachamama Nos Alimenta community fair. 
07/06/2025 
Country or Territory Ecuador
Credit © FAO /  Johanna Alarcón 
Related URL Related FAO Feature Story: https://www.fao.org/newsroom/story/secrets-of-the-andean-chakras/en
File size 7.59 MB 
Unique ID UF1ADNQ 
Editorial use only. Photo credit must be given. For further information  contact: Photo-Library@fao.org 
Background Information 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.