Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Makes sense

"Poor farmers in the heart of Bolivia's Amazon are being encouraged to embrace the annual floods - by using a centuries-old irrigation system for their crops.

They are experimenting with a sustainable way of growing food crops that their ancestors used.

It could provide them with better protection against the extremes of climate change, reduce deforestation, improve food security and even promise a better diet."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8187866.stm

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