News Headline

Living Laboratory for Coping with Drought in Brazil

Source
Inter Press Service News Agency

Publication Date
2013-07-05

RIACHÃO DO JACUIPE, Brazil, Jul 4 2013 (IPS) - The first surprise on arriving at Abel Manto’s farm is how green it is, in contrast with the dry brown surroundings. His beans and fruit trees seem oblivious to the persistent drought in the semi-arid hinterland of northeast Brazil, the worst in 50 years.

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