By Monika Goforth | Guatemala Programs Director
The women's amaranth cooperative has been training more women farmers on amaranth production processes and uses! They hosted over 25 women from the region of Solola to encourage more production of this traditional Mayan seed.
Amaranth grains are easy to grow and low maintenance compared to labor-intensive corn. It can also be grown close to the household in spare pieces of land. The seeds are high in calcium, protein, iron, phosphorus, vitamin C, zinc, and magnesium. Therefore, it makes it an attractive women’s crop
Discussing the planting process, harvesting and ‘cleaning’ strategies, the training makes the start-up process easy and low-risk for women farmers. At the training the amaranth women demonstrated hand-cleaned amaranth seeds and the amaranth thresher machine that is available for their use.
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