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Awa-Kwaiker

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The Awá, also known as the Kwaiker or Awa-Kwaiker, are an ancient indigenous people of Ecuador and Colombia. [1]

35 relations: Alibertia patinoi, Amnesty International, Associated Press, Avocado, Awa Pit language, Bactris gasipaes, Bixa orellana, Brocket deer, Carchi Province, Cassava, Central American agouti, Cherimoya, Colocasia, Colombia, Cooking banana, Ecuador, Humus, Iguana, Indigenous peoples, Inga edulis, Intercropping, Maize, Mango, Nariño Department, National Army of Colombia, Paca, Papaya, Peccary, Putumayo Department, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, Solanum quitoense, Sucumbíos Province, Tamarind, Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena, Xanthosoma.

Alibertia patinoi

Alibertia patinoi, commonly known as borojó, is a small (2-5m), dioecious tropical rainforest tree.

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Amnesty International

Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is a London-based non-governmental organization focused on human rights.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Avocado

The avocado (Persea americana) is a tree, long thought to have originated in South Central Mexico, classified as a member of the flowering plant family Lauraceae.

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Awa Pit language

Awa or Awa pit, also known as Cuaiquer, is a Barbacoan language spoken by the Awa-Kwaiker people, who inhabit territory straddling northern Ecuador and southern Colombia (the language is sometimes also referred to as Coaiquer, Quaiquer, or Kwaiker in Colombia, and as Awapit in Ecuador).

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Bactris gasipaes

Bactris gasipaes is a species of palm native to the tropical forests of South and Central America.

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Bixa orellana

Achiote (Bixa orellana) is a shrub or small tree originating from the tropical region of the Americas.

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Brocket deer

Brockets or brocket deer are the species of deer in the genus Mazama.

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Carchi Province

Carchi is a province in Ecuador.

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Cassava

Manihot esculenta, commonly called cassava, manioc, yuca, mandioca and Brazilian arrowroot, is a woody shrub native to South America of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae.

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Central American agouti

The Central American agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) is a species of agouti from the family Dasyproctidae.

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Cherimoya

The cherimoya (Annona cherimola), also spelled chirimoya and called chirimuya by the Inca people, is an edible fruit-bearing species of the genus Annona from the family Annonaceae.

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Colocasia

Colocasia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to southeastern Asia and the Indian subcontinent.

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Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a sovereign state largely situated in the northwest of South America, with territories in Central America.

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Cooking banana

Cooking bananas are banana cultivars in the genus Musa whose fruits are generally used in cooking.

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Ecuador

Ecuador (Ikwadur), officially the Republic of Ecuador (República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Ikwadur Ripuwlika), is a representative democratic republic in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west.

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Humus

In soil science, humus (derived in 1790–1800 from the Latin humus for earth, ground) denominates the fraction of soil organic matter that is amorphous and without the "cellular cake structure characteristic of plants, micro-organisms or animals." Humus significantly affects the bulk density of soil and contributes to its retention of moisture and nutrients.

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Iguana

Iguana is a genus of herbivorous lizards that are native to tropical areas of Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.

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Indigenous peoples

Indigenous peoples, also known as first peoples, aboriginal peoples or native peoples, are ethnic groups who are the pre-colonial original inhabitants of a given region, in contrast to groups that have settled, occupied or colonized the area more recently.

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Inga edulis

Inga edulis (eng. ice-cream-bean, joaquiniquil, Mex. cuaniquil, guama or guaba) is a fruit native to South America.

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Intercropping

Intercropping is a multiple cropping practice involving growing two or more crops in proximity.

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Maize

Maize (Zea mays subsp. mays, from maíz after Taíno mahiz), also known as corn, is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago.

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Mango

Mangoes are juicy stone fruit (drupe) from numerous species of tropical trees belonging to the flowering plant genus Mangifera, cultivated mostly for their edible fruit.

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Nariño Department

Nariño is a department of Colombia named after independence leader Antonio Nariño.

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National Army of Colombia

The National Army of Colombia (Ejército Nacional de Colombia) is the land military force of Colombia and the largest and oldest service branch of the Military Forces of Colombia.

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Paca

A paca is a member of the genus Cuniculus of ground-dwelling, herbivorous rodents in South and Central America.

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Papaya

The papaya (from Carib via Spanish), papaw, or pawpaw is the plant Carica papaya, one of the 22 accepted species in the genus Carica of the family Caricaceae.

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Peccary

A peccary (also javelina or skunk pig) is a medium-sized hoofed mammal of the family Tayassuidae (New World pigs) in the suborder Suina along with the Old World pigs, Suidae.

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Putumayo Department

Putumayo is a department of Colombia.

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Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People's Army (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia—Ejército del Pueblo, FARC–EP and FARC) was a guerrilla movement involved in the continuing Colombian armed conflict from 1964 to 2017.

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Solanum quitoense

Solanum quitoense, known as naranjilla ("little orange") in Ecuador and Panama and as lulo (from Quechua) in Colombia, is a subtropical perennial plant from northwestern South America.

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Sucumbíos Province

Sucumbíos is a province in northeast Ecuador.

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Tamarind

Tamarind (Tamarindus indica) is a leguminous tree in the family Fabaceae indigenous to tropical Africa.

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Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena

Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena is a biodiversity hotspot, which includes the tropical moist forests and tropical dry forests of the Pacific coast of South America and the Galapagos Islands.

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Xanthosoma

Xanthosoma is a genus of flowering plants in the arum family, Araceae.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awa-Kwaiker

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