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ECUADOR, 2025. Women farmers at the community fair

06 July 2025. Cotacachi, Ecuador. Ecuadorian women farmers sell and trade their products—uvilla (goldenberry), radishes, maize, squash, potatoes, and tomate de árbol—at the community fair Pachamama Nos Alimenta to offer organic products alongside more than 150 women farmers and local producers, who bring a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, grains, bread, flours, medicinal plants, and other highly sought-after products in the region.

07/06/2025

Country or Territory Ecuador

Related URL Related FAO Feature Story: 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.