Women, Xavante, collection of seeds, give it a new step in your job

The women of the Xavante collection of seeds, which a decade ago, they began their organization, you have now, with 120 people on board. More self-reliant in the different steps of the activity, you will have to do with the management of the work directly on the Network, from the Seeds of the reserve (RSX), which arranges for the purchase and distribution of the various species. Through this initiative, run-down areas are brought to life in and outside of the Land of the Indigenous Marãiwatsédé.

The Operation in the Amazon’s Native (OPAN) has been supporting the organization of women since the beginning of this journey, in 2011, contributing to the design of the work, the mapping of the areas of data collection, conducting training, and, on an annual basis, a survey of the species, weighing and shipping of seeds. Now, on the steps of a year’s work shall be made directly to the Seed of the Park. This is a new setting took place after a meeting of the alignment in the Marãiwatsédé, between the 17th and the 19th of July, which involved most of the members of the Network, as well as representatives from the collection of several villages, and a team of OPAN.

The co-ordinator of the Mato Grosso state of OPAN, Artema in Lima, he said that all the women are strong, and with the greatest ease, to develop the work, it was demonstrated clearly during the period of the pandemic, when you were a continuation of the actions of no on-site support from our partners. “In this time of pandemic, the us was not at home. We worked for,” said Carolina Rewaptu, cacica in the village of Mazabdzé and leading collectors of cannabis seeds.

In addition to the increased autonomy, Nc, says the increase in the number of women-collection of 21 villages of the Marãiwatsédé, and the importance of their work. “We need to enhance our knowledge. We women are the guardians of our seeds. We can produce as the mother of the earth. It is important to take care of the land for the animals to come back, to take it all in,” she said.

The co-ordinator of the area is to strengthen the diversity in the Network of the Seeds of the reserve, by Claudia Alves de Araújo, who told him that the Xavante are of great importance in the network, the group that collects the greatest quantity, with quality work. “These are networks that you are careful with your seed,” he said.

Claudia added to the excitement for this new is good, and he pointed out the peculiarities of the women in the Xavante, like the gathering of a kind, crotalária a native [nome popular]of green manure. “It’s a seed is unique to them,” he said. In addition to this, they also collect a variety of species such as very, hearts, higher education, cashew nuts, copaiba, years, and others.

In the Network of the Seeds of the reserve contributes to the deforestation in the regions of the Cerrado and the Amazon forest and the harvest of farms in the region of the Xingu and Araguaia river, in the municipalities of Association, Canarana, and the Birds and the Nova Xavantina. The seeds are also sold to other regions in the country. And a part of which is planted in the Marãiwatsédé.