Seeds Beneath the Cumbal Mist: Chronicle of a House of Life
The municipality of Cumbal, in southern Colombia, is witnessing a powerful community transformation centered on the safeguarding of native seeds, supported by researchers from the Alliance of Bioversity & CIAT.
- Community engagement
- gender and food security
Seeds Beneath the Cumbal Mist: Chronicle of a House of Life
The municipality of Cumbal, in southern Colombia, is witnessing a powerful community transformation centered on the safeguarding of native seeds, supported by researchers from the Alliance of Bioversity & CIAT.
At dawn, the Cumbal volcano stands as a silent colossus. A cold breath descends from its slopes, and the mist, an old guardian of the páramo, settles over the crops like a curtain that rises and falls with the rhythm of the day. In the courtyard of an agricultural technical school in the municipality of Cumbal, Nariño (southern Colombia), a key turns, a door opens, and the most powerful scene in any agricultural landscape is revealed: wooden shelves, labeled jars, and seeds that have traveled across generations and now, at last, rest in their seed house.