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ECUADOR, 2025. Sweet products ready for the community fair

06 July 2025. Cotacachi, Ecuador. Candies and nougat made by Carmen Morán, a woman farmer who is one of the 150 women participating in the Pachamama Nos Alimenta community fair, where she sells honey, fruits, vegetables, candies, nougat, and propolis.

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.