UN Agency Helps Stave Off Hunger And Save Farms In Southern Bolivia

UN Agency Helps Stave Off Hunger And Save Farms In Southern Bolivia   The United Nations food aid agency has stepped in to help in southern Bolivia’s El Chaco region, where a long dry spell has decimated maize harvests, threatening an entire culture of indigenous corn growers with destitution.   The fertile El Chaco lowlands are home to the Weenhayek community, a predominately indigenous population of corn farmers accustomed to dry spells. The current one, however, has gone on for months with...

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