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ECUADOR, 2025. Selling menudo at the community fair

06 July 2025. Cotacachi, Ecuador. An Ecuadorian woman farmer sells menudo, a traditional dish from the Andean region made with beef offal. Each week, the women participating in the fair prepare various traditional dishes made from local ingredients to sell and trade at the community fair Pachamama Nos Alimenta. ©FAO/Johanna Alarcón. Editorial use only. Copyright ©FAO.

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.