Pesticide Exposure in Bolivia The use of pesticides has increased during the past decades, also increasing the risk of exposure to toxic pesticides that can cause detrimental health effects in the future. This is of special concern among farmers in low-to-middle-income countries that may lack proper training in the safe […]
Bolivian Agriculturalist Flourishes | Esperança Microbusiness
Lilian Marilu Carvajal Sanchez is the single mother of two grown sons but has been a caretaker all her life. Lilian’s own mother left the family for more opportunities in the big city when she was just a teenager, leaving her to raise her six younger brothers. Since then she […]
COVID-19 Diaries: Delina, a Bolivian Farmer
My family is made up of my husband, Imar Gutierrez, 32, my daughter Abigail Melina, 14, and my son Juan Emanuel, 9. We live and work in the community of San Mateo, a place located in the Cercado province of the department of Tarija in Bolivia; here the land is […]
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