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Farmer Family Battles Climate Change for Seed Survival

2/7/2026

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Ramón Pucha, a 51-year-old farmer in Alto Ila, Ecuador, runs the 32-hectare El Picaflor farm.
He travels into the Amazon to collect seeds with his wife Marlene Chiluisa.
Their son Jhoel helps identify plants.
They often return empty-handed because climate change hampers seed collection.
The Ministry of Agriculture recognizes their work as vital, even as environmentalists warn that recent government decisions threaten their mission.

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Story summary

Ramón Pucha, a 51-year-old farmer in Alto Ila, Ecuador, runs the 32-hectare El Picaflor farm.
He travels into the Amazon to collect seeds with his wife Marlene Chiluisa.
Their son Jhoel helps identify plants.
They often return empty-handed because climate change hampers seed collection.
The Ministry of Agriculture recognizes their work as vital, even as environmentalists warn that recent government decisions threaten their mission.