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ECUADOR, 2025 Goldenberries crop

06 July 2025. Cotacachi, Ecuador. Uvilla (goldenberry) plantations, one of the region’s main fruits for sale and consumption. It is sold fresh or processed and is valued for its high nutritional and medicinal properties. Women often include it in products such as jams or dried fruit. Its cultivation is also part of Cotacachi’s cultural identity, where the Fiesta de la Jora celebrates the production and consumption of uvilla.

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.