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ECUADOR, 2025. Kichwa farmer cutting maize stalks
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ECUADOR, 2025. Type of corn grown and locally harvested
ECUADOR, 2025. Type of corn grown and locally harvested
ECUADOR, 2025. Type of corn grown and locally harvested
ECUADOR, 2025. Type of corn grown and locally harvested
ECUADOR, 2025. Magdalena is a Kichwa farmer
ECUADOR, 2025. Centeno, a rye variety
ECUADOR, 2025. Locally harvested beans
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ECUADOR, 2025. Varieties of corn
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ECUADOR, 2025. Grinding tool with Pepa de zambo
07 July 2025. Cumbas, Ecuador. Pepa de zambo and a grinding stone, part of a traditional culinary preparation in Cotacachi, being used by Ecuadorian Kichwa farmer Magdalena Laine to prepare the family’s lunch. She is an Indigenous woman who preserves a wide variety of native seeds from the Ecuadorian Andes. Pepa de Zambo are seeds of a zambo, which is a type of squash or pumpkin.
07/07/2025
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Ecuador
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© FAO / Johanna Alarcón
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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.