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running the household and looking after the children and, as in several other places around the world, they have a low level of education and struggle to access basic services. This is why all the projects launched by the Co.M.Ar. cooperation and the Fundación Chaco, supported at vari- ous levels by organizations such as IFAD and Slow Food, play such a fun- damental role, as they aim to restore dignity to the women’s work and help them to earn an income.The projects are diverse, ranging from textile production, courses on the revival of traditional textile designs linked to the different ethnic groups and courses on the production offoods such as carob flour. Among all the products made from the Gran Chaco fruits, this is the one that could have the greatest success on the lo- cal, national and international market. It is particularly important that produc- tion is contextualized within a supply chain, at all levels. The project coordi- nators must not only discuss harvest techniques, recipes and preservation methods with the women, but also how the products can be promoted on the local market and how important it is to preserve them in order to keep alive the techniques and traditions that can be a source of social libera- tion and help protect a fragile and deli- cateenvironment.47Find out moreThe Gran Chaco Wild Fruits Presidium is supported by IFAD and Slow Food.For more information: www.ifad.org and www.slowfoodfoundation.com