Mountain Partnership Products Database

This Silk & Felt Scarf is handmade by a group of Kyrgyz mountain women. Finely decorated, their scarves are entirely composed of local sheep’s wool and handwoven silk. Scarves are often gifted to thank hosts and relatives for an invite. [...]

Rich in iron, calcium and protein, black amaranth is a native Bolivian variety that is cultivated at 2 800 meters above sea level in only 3 municipalities of the Chuquisaca Department. Black amaranth, called ‘Quimy’ in the local language is [...]

Read the Mountain Product & Producer Story This Melipona honey is an indigenous product carefully harvested by 158 women in Bolivia’s Serranía del Iñao National Park between 1 100 and 3 300 meters. Stingless bee honey is rather fluid with a [...]

Itogon arabica coffee has been cultivated for over 80 years mainly by local indigenous Igorot people in their backyards. But when typhoon Ompong hit in 2018, its deadly landslides lead to the closing of the Itogon mines and the locals [...]

This Ulikan red rice is an heirloom variety cultivated by women farmers, along the rice terraces of the Pasil River Valley, Kalinga in the Philippine Cordillera. Due to the versatility and adaptability of the Ulikan red to the elevated rice terraces, [...]