Cassava

Landless Workers' Movement farmers gather food to distribute to poor communities.

Brazil’s small farmers tackle food insecurity, hunger amid the pandemic 

Food

In Brazil, hunger, poverty and unemployment have spiked alongside COVID-19. But the Landless Workers’ Movement, a massive organization of small farmers, is doing its best to help tackle the problem.

a closeup of farofa

The Brazilian Christmas dinner is incomplete without this dish

Food
As the climate shifts, growing corn, a staple crop in sub-Saharan Africa, could become increasingly difficult.

A shifting climate could mean trouble for one of Africa’s staple crops

Environment
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Mite Makes Right: Biological Insect Control in Benin

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Environmental Health Note/Saving Cassava