A Historic First: Indigenous Kañari to Host World Quinua Congress in Ecuador
After centuries of colonization and decades of scientific marginalization, an indigenous organization leads global quinoa research dialogue. By Alan Adams with Nicolás Pichazaca In June 2025, the world’s leading quinoa researchers, scientists, and producers will gather not in a modern conference center or university campus, but in the ancestral homeland of the Kañari people in […]
Heathy Children, Healthy Future in Ecuador
Indigenous Kañaris place the child at the center of the Andean world
Lino Pichasaca and I walked the rough footpaths, the chakiñanes in Kichwa, around the Hacienda Guantug in the province of Cañar, Ecuador. It was 1967, and the Ecuadorian agrarian reform was getting started. Leaders like Lino saw great possibilities and huge obstacles.
Heroes in Ponchos and Sombreros
“Superheroes don’t wear capes. They wear ponchos and sombreros.” The Andean phrase is being invoked once again in Ecuador.
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