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How bringing back the wild yam is feeding the hungry in drought-hit Madagascar
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<blockquote data-quote="The Guardian RSS" data-source="post: 7893520" data-attributes="member: 78390"><p><strong>How bringing back the wild yam is feeding the hungry in drought-hit Madagascar</strong></p><p></p><p>Written by Patrick Greenfield from the Guardian</p><p></p><p>This year’s Guardian and Observer campaign supports four charities fighting global climate injustice. Here, we look at the work of East African farmers and Kew scientists</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://guardian.ctdonate.org/" target="_blank">Donate to our charity appeal here</a></li> </ul><p></p><p>Every December, the arrival of rain signals the beginning of the “hungry season” in Madagascar. It will be months before the next rice harvest on the island, which is experiencing the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/may/10/at-least-1m-people-facing-starvation-madagascar-drought-worsens" target="_blank">worst drought in 40 years</a> in the south of the country. One million people are struggling to find food in the region due to what the World Food Programme described as the “first climate-induced famine”.</p><p></p><p>Global heating was not the main cause yet, scientists <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/dec/01/poverty-not-climate-breakdown-caused-madagascars-food-crisis-finds-study" target="_blank">concluded in a recent</a> study, blaming poverty and a heavy reliance on annual rains instead. But in the face of increasingly unstable rice production – the main staple – as Madagascar becomes hotter and drier, the yam, an unloved tuber, has become a source of hope in the one of the poorest countries in the world that is not in conflict.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/dec/19/how-bringing-back-the-wild-yam-is-feeding-the-hungry-in-drought-hit-madagascar" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Since you’re here …</strong></p><p></p><p>… we have a small favour to ask. More people are reading the Guardian than ever but advertising revenues across the media are falling fast. And unlike many news organisations, we haven’t put up a paywall – we want to keep our journalism as open as we can. So you can see why we need to ask for your help. The Guardian’s independent, investigative journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce. But we do it because we believe our perspective matters – because it might well be your perspective, too.</p><p></p><p>If everyone who reads our reporting, who likes it, helps fund it, our future would be much more secure. Support the Guardian – it only takes a minute. Thank you.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/files.thefarmingforum.co.uk/images/theguardiansquare.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><a href="https://support.theguardian.com/uk" target="_blank"><img src="https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/files.thefarmingforum.co.uk/images/SupportGuardian.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Guardian RSS, post: 7893520, member: 78390"] [b]How bringing back the wild yam is feeding the hungry in drought-hit Madagascar[/b] Written by Patrick Greenfield from the Guardian This year’s Guardian and Observer campaign supports four charities fighting global climate injustice. Here, we look at the work of East African farmers and Kew scientists [LIST] [*][URL='https://guardian.ctdonate.org/']Donate to our charity appeal here[/URL] [/LIST] Every December, the arrival of rain signals the beginning of the “hungry season” in Madagascar. It will be months before the next rice harvest on the island, which is experiencing the [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/may/10/at-least-1m-people-facing-starvation-madagascar-drought-worsens']worst drought in 40 years[/URL] in the south of the country. One million people are struggling to find food in the region due to what the World Food Programme described as the “first climate-induced famine”. Global heating was not the main cause yet, scientists [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/dec/01/poverty-not-climate-breakdown-caused-madagascars-food-crisis-finds-study']concluded in a recent[/URL] study, blaming poverty and a heavy reliance on annual rains instead. But in the face of increasingly unstable rice production – the main staple – as Madagascar becomes hotter and drier, the yam, an unloved tuber, has become a source of hope in the one of the poorest countries in the world that is not in conflict. [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/dec/19/how-bringing-back-the-wild-yam-is-feeding-the-hungry-in-drought-hit-madagascar']Continue reading...[/URL] [b]Since you’re here …[/b] … we have a small favour to ask. More people are reading the Guardian than ever but advertising revenues across the media are falling fast. And unlike many news organisations, we haven’t put up a paywall – we want to keep our journalism as open as we can. So you can see why we need to ask for your help. The Guardian’s independent, investigative journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce. But we do it because we believe our perspective matters – because it might well be your perspective, too. If everyone who reads our reporting, who likes it, helps fund it, our future would be much more secure. Support the Guardian – it only takes a minute. Thank you. [img]https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/files.thefarmingforum.co.uk/images/theguardiansquare.png[/img] [url="https://support.theguardian.com/uk"][img]https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/files.thefarmingforum.co.uk/images/SupportGuardian.png[/img][/url] [/QUOTE]
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