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ECUADOR, 2025. Threshing rye, knocking the seeds from the stalks
07 July 2025. Cumbas, Ecuador. Magdalena Laine, a woman farmer, and her daughters Aylin and Verónica Cumba thresh rye together in the courtyard of their home. This is a traditional practice used by women farmers to extract rye seeds from the spike.
07/07/2025
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Ecuador
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© FAO / Johanna Alarcón
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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.