Women Fairtrade producers tell their experiences of adapting to climate change

Faced with the effects of the climate changeIn Fairtrade farming and on the land in general, it is time to change the way things are done. And also to give a voice to the producers who have adapted to this phenomenon in order to do their bit for the conservation of the environment.

That's exactly what the initiative we're here to tell you about today is all about: the campaign's podcasts. Women's Letters on Climate Change. It features the words of five women from Nicaragua, Bolivia, Guatemala and Ecuador who have participated in INTERCAMBIO, a project that promotes producer leadership on climate change.

Fair Trade and climate change: five testimonies from women producers

These testimonies leave us with interesting reflections such as that of Irene Huarachi Arcayne, from the National Association of Quinoa Producers of Bolivia. Irene saysI'm thinking, "With all the changes we are seeing in the climate, I'm thinking that we are not taking care of mother earth.

He adds that it is sown without being fed, although he points out that some producers have improved their treatment of their plots.

Another testimony we can listen to in these podcasts is that of Lucía del Carmen Olivas Castellón, a leader of the El Colorado community in Nicaragua. Lucía del Carmen says that, at first, she did not know that the transformation the earth was undergoing was due to climate change. However, this changed when she started taking courses on the subject, just as it changed the way she treated her crops.

He explains that trees are no longer felled on his plot and that he has planted several local species, such as valerian, to conserve the soil.

At AlterNativa3 we value the work of these Fair Trade women climate change producers very highly. Don't miss out their testimonies!