| ID: | 41875 |
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| Country: | Brazil |
| Title: | Brazil - Rural Sustainable Development Project in the Semi-arid Region of Bahia (Pro-Semiárido) April 2016 |
| Description: |
(L-R) Jailson de Jesus Mendes, Ednalva Maria de Jesus and Jose Raildo de Souza stand in a field of cassava plants that the Kiriri harvest to make flour and other products sold at nearby schools and farmer markets, at Aldeia Marcação Kiriri, near Ribeira do Pombal, in the state of Bahia, Brazil, on Tuesday, April 12, 2016. They wear the native Kiriri garb in honor of Día do Índio, or Indigenous Day, celebrated on April 19. Ednalva is a mother of six children and began working at the cooperative where they produce the cassava flour. She also is an artisenal craftmaker. She says the job at the cooperative helps buy other foods they cannot grow. Although she receives Bolsa Familia, the family welfare program, they also breed chickens and grow beans and corn. |
| Size: | 13.50 MB; 3840 x 5760 pixels; 325 x 488 mm (print at 300 DPI); 1016 x 1524 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Show more details: | LIANNE MILTON |
| Copyright: | ©IFAD/Lianne Milton/Panos |
| Categories: | none |
| URL: | www.ifad.org |
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