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ECUADOR 2025. Jazmin is a member of the local community groups
06 July 2025. Cotacachi, Ecuador. JazmÃn Chávez (27), from the community of Piava San Pedro and a promoter for the strengthening of savings groups, poses for a portrait at the facilities of Jambi Mascari, headquarters of the Union of Peasant and Indigenous Organizations of Cotacachi.
07/06/2025
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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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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.