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  • Oscar Alexis Maldonado Ramírez rides his horse 'Palomo' along a stretch of the Rio Nacaome. <br />
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"We're in the middle of the river, in the middle of what was the river, it shouldn't be like this should it? Even when it rains, which is rare now, the water disappears quickly, the crops fail without irrigation, but now the wells keep drying up so we can't irrigate. I've just taken my cattle away, they can't survive here without water. In fact we can't survive here without water."
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  • Los Laureles, one of two reservoirs that serve the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa, is currently at approximately half capacity, the water level drops more frequenty than ever and the driest months of the year bring the water level to previously unseen levels. The reservoir, according to the national water authority, SANAA, serves around 210,000 people with drinking water. The UN climate change panel, IPCC, have repeatedly predicted likelihood of reduced precipitation for the region, and cities as well as smaller rural communities are in danger of running out of water.
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  • Los Laureles, one of two reservoirs that serve the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa, is currently at approximately half capacity, the water level drops more frequenty than ever and the driest months of the year bring the water level to previously unseen levels. The reservoir, according to the national water authority, SANAA, serves around 210,000 people with drinking water. The UN climate change panel, IPCC, have repeatedly predicted likelihood of reduced precipitation for the region, and cities as well as smaller rural communities are in danger of running out of water.
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  • A bridge over the Rio Iztoca in southern Honduras. Though it is the rainy season, the river bed is dry. The river has dried up in recent years, along with many other rivers in the region, this is thought to be partly from stripping of vegetation and forest cover in the watersheds that feed the rivers in the south, and also due to the influence of climate change. The IPCC predicted a likelihood of reduced rainfall in the region. Agriculture has already been failing in the area for eight years because of drought conditions.
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  • The bridge over the Rio Choluteca at the entrance to Choluteca city. The river has been reduced to dry strips and puddles.
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  • A man brings an ox-drawn cart along the dry river bed of the Choluteca river in Honduras, carrying firewood. As the prolonged drought here, linked to climate change, continues, farmers resort to chopping down their trees to sell as firewood to make ends meet, further exacerbating the environmental crisis.
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  • A woman carries a bucket to fill at a village well. The drought affecting this area near Langue, Valle, has gone on for nearly ten years, resulting from climate change. The local wells have either dried up, or they have locking hatches over them, to allow rationing of water in the community.
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  • A woman holds a padlock on a hatch on the community well. The drought affecting this area near Langue, Valle, has gone on for nearly ten years, resulting from climate change. The local wells have either dried up, or they have locking hatches over them, to allow rationing of water in the community.
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  • The Rio Grande at Agua Fria, now reduced to a small stream of water and stagnant pools. In previous years during rainy season, the river would be in full flow, but in recent years the river has reduced and in many areas dried up.
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  • Rio Chiquito, Nacaome, Honduras, with holes where sand is being extracted for building.
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  • Rio Chiquito, Nacaome, Honduras, with holes where sand is being extracted for building.
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  • Rio Chiquito, Nacaome, Honduras, with holes where sand is being extracted for building.
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  • Rio Chiquito, Nacaome, Honduras, with holes where sand is being extracted for building.
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  • An aerial view of scorched earth near Choluteca, southern Honduras where a prolonged drought is affecting agriculture and daily life with severe water scarcity.
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  • Arcadio de Jesus Ruiz Cardona is a coffee farmer in Santa Elena, Andes, Antioquia: "I'm 62 years old, 62 and a half"<br />
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"The technical support from the coop is useful, when they come we learn new things, me and my sons."<br />
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"I’m inscribed in the BEPS programme, the pensions, it’s a sort of savings, we put some money in, the coop does and I do when I sell coffee, and then I can get money out, a collaboration, a pension, when I need it. I will be more secure in my old age.<br />
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It means I can believe in a good future, no one could do that before. <br />
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I worked for a company in Medellín for years, and my pension contributions from then would be lost, because they are out of date, but through the BEPS programme with the coop I can get that money too, which is good, knowing that it would be lost otherwise."<br />
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The Fairtrade Premium is used by the Andes Coop in Antioquia, Colombia, to set up and run the BEPS pensions programme with its members.
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  • Cocoa fermentation takes place in these staggered fermentation boxes, each batch passing down one step each day until it is spread out for drying.
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  • As the water table level continues to drop, many wells have dried out, like this one in El Burillo, Valle, Honduras. Communities have deepened their hand-dug wells up to three times, others have drilled deeper wells, up to 60m deep, with special rigs, but the drought has already lasted seven years in this dry corridor of Central America and is predicted to continue due to climate change..
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  • As the water table level continues to drop, many wells in southern Honduras have dried out, like this one in El Burillo, Valle. Communities have deepened their hand-dug wells up to three times, others have drilled deeper wells, up to 60m deep, with special rigs, but the drought has already lasted seven years in this dry corridor of Central America and is predicted to continue due to climate change. Here villagers help deepen a well.
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  • Edgardo Barahona in Dos Bocas, Santa Rosa de Aguán, Honduras. Standing crops of maize and beans have been lost across the region because of the floods caused by hurricanes Eta and Iota. Some crops rotted, some dried out, many crops sprouted on the their stems before they could be harvested, most of the staple crops have been lost. Nutrients have been washed out of the soil too and a huge wave of fungal diseases like canker and leaf rust are just beginning. Cash crops like coffee are badly affected as well as food for local consumption.
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  • Standing crops, particularly of maize and beans, have been lost across Honduras because of the floods caused by hurricanes Eta and iota. Some rotted, some dried out, some sprouted, and the losses will have a huge impact among thousands of subsistence farmers who rely on the crops to survive.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201204_90...jpg
  • Standing crops, particularly of maize and beans, have been lost across Honduras because of the floods caused by hurricanes Eta and iota. Some rotted, some dried out, some sprouted, and the losses will have a huge impact among thousands of subsistence farmers who rely on the crops to survive.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201204_89...jpg
  • Standing crops, particularly of maize and beans, have been lost across Honduras because of the floods caused by hurricanes Eta and iota. Some rotted, some dried out, some sprouted, and the losses will have a huge impact among thousands of subsistence farmers who rely on the crops to survive.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201203_88...jpg
  • Standing crops, particularly of maize and beans, have been lost across Honduras because of the floods caused by hurricanes Eta and iota. Some rotted, some dried out, some sprouted, and the losses will have a huge impact among thousands of subsistence farmers who rely on the crops to survive.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201203_88...jpg
  • Standing crops, particularly of maize and beans, have been lost across Honduras because of the floods caused by hurricanes Eta and iota. Some rotted, some dried out, some sprouted, and the losses will have a huge impact among thousands of subsistence farmers who rely on the crops to survive.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201203_88...jpg
  • Edgardo Barahona in Dos Bocas, Santa Rosa de Aguán, Honduras. Standing crops of maize and beans have been lost across the region because of the floods caused by hurricanes Eta and Iota. Some crops rotted, some dried out, many crops sprouted on the their stems before they could be harvested, most of the staple crops have been lost. Nutrients have been washed out of the soil too and a huge wave of fungal diseases like canker and leaf rust are just beginning. Cash crops like coffee are badly affected as well as food for local consumption.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201202_83...jpg
  • Standing crops of maize and beans have been lost across the country because of the floods caused by hurricanes Eta and Iota. Some crops rotted, some dried out, many crops- like these beans -  sprouted on the their stems before they could be harvested, most of the staple crops have been lost in the north, centre and west of Honduras. Nutrients have been washed out of the soil too and a huge wave of fungal diseases like canker and leaf rust are just beginning. As well as food for local consumption and survival, cash crops like coffee and bananas are badly affected as well.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201129_63...jpg
  • Standing crops, particularly of maize and beans, have been lost across Honduras because of the floods caused by hurricanes Eta and iota. Some rotted, some dried out, some sprouted, and the losses will have a huge impact among thousands of subsistence farmers who rely on the crops to survive.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201204_90...jpg
  • Standing crops of maize and beans have been lost across the country because of the floods caused by hurricanes Eta and Iota. Some crops rotted, some dried out, many crops sprouted on the their stems before they could be harvested, most of the staple crops have been lost in the north, centre and west of Honduras. Nutrients have been washed out of the soil too and a huge wave of fungal diseases like canker and leaf rust are just beginning. As well as food for local consumption and survival, cash crops like coffee and bananas are badly affected as well.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201125_46...jpg
  • Standing crops, particularly of maize and beans, have been lost across Honduras because of the floods caused by hurricanes Eta and iota. Some rotted, some dried out, some sprouted, and the losses will have a huge impact among thousands of subsistence farmers who rely on the crops to survive.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201204_90...jpg
  • Standing crops, particularly of maize and beans, have been lost across Honduras because of the floods caused by hurricanes Eta and iota. Some rotted, some dried out, some sprouted, and the losses will have a huge impact among thousands of subsistence farmers who rely on the crops to survive.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201204_89...jpg
  • Edgardo Barahona, Dos Bocas, Santa Rosa de Aguán, Honduras. Standing crops of maize and beans have been lost across the region because of the floods caused by hurricanes Eta and iota. Some rotted, some dried out, some sprouted, all were lost.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201202_84...jpg
  • Standing crops of maize and beans have been lost across the country because of the floods caused by hurricanes Eta and Iota. Some crops rotted, some dried out, many crops sprouted on the their stems before they could be harvested, most of the staple crops have been lost in the north, centre and west of Honduras. Nutrients have been washed out of the soil too and a huge wave of fungal diseases like canker and leaf rust are just beginning. As well as food for local consumption and survival, cash crops like coffee and bananas are badly affected as well.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201125_45...jpg
  • Hector Hermilo Perdomo, COCASJOL, Colinas, Santa Bárbara, Honduras. “With the two hurricanes that hit Honduras, the water that fell with them has affected us very much. We’ve had landslides, lots of land has been wiped out, taking with it our crops. Just in my bit of land I’ve lost two manzanas (5 acres) that means 7000 coffee plants that I’ve lost, that I can’t recover. Also the production of those 7000 plants, that’s about 35 quintals of dry pergamino coffee that I’ve lost. All this means I’m in difficulties financially, it’s a big loss. Also I’ve lost the musacea, the bananas we plant alongside the coffee as shade, and we have a substantial trade of bananas to Guatemala, mainly the small banana we call ‘mínimo’, we’ve lost that too. We’ve got big difficulties with access to and from our farms here, after the main roads and minor roads were affected by landslides, and that has made it hard to get any product out to market, or get machinery in to fix things on our farms. I’ve had 14 small landslides, and two big ones on my own property.”
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201208_96...jpg
  • Hector Hermilo Perdomo, COCASJOL, Colinas, Santa Bárbara, Honduras. “With the two hurricanes that hit Honduras, the water that fell with them has affected us very much. We’ve had landslides, lots of land has been wiped out, taking with it our crops. Just in my bit of land I’ve lost two manzanas (5 acres) that means 7000 coffee plants that I’ve lost, that I can’t recover. Also the production of those 7000 plants, that’s about 35 quintals of dry pergamino coffee that I’ve lost. All this means I’m in difficulties financially, it’s a big loss. Also I’ve lost the musacea, the bananas we plant alongside the coffee as shade, and we have a substantial trade of bananas to Guatemala, mainly the small banana we call ‘mínimo’, we’ve lost that too. We’ve got big difficulties with access to and from our farms here, after the main roads and minor roads were affected by landslides, and that has made it hard to get any product out to market, or get machinery in to fix things on our farms. I’ve had 14 small landslides, and two big ones on my own property.”
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201208_96...jpg
  • Hector Hermilo Perdomo, COCASJOL, Colinas, Santa Bárbara, Honduras. “With the two hurricanes that hit Honduras, the water that fell with them has affected us very much. We’ve had landslides, lots of land has been wiped out, taking with it our crops. Just in my bit of land I’ve lost two manzanas (5 acres) that means 7000 coffee plants that I’ve lost, that I can’t recover. Also the production of those 7000 plants, that’s about 35 quintals of dry pergamino coffee that I’ve lost. All this means I’m in difficulties financially, it’s a big loss. Also I’ve lost the musacea, the bananas we plant alongside the coffee as shade, and we have a substantial trade of bananas to Guatemala, mainly the small banana we call ‘mínimo’, we’ve lost that too. We’ve got big difficulties with access to and from our farms here, after the main roads and minor roads were affected by landslides, and that has made it hard to get any product out to market, or get machinery in to fix things on our farms. I’ve had 14 small landslides, and two big ones on my own property.”
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201208_95...jpg
  • Claudia Palacios, El Tigre community, Carazo<br />
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“I’m mother to three children, I don’t have a husband, I’m single and I have to struggle to look after my kids. I have a little bit of land, but I don’t have seeds to sow and I don’t have money to buy seeds. A lot of people in this community are in the same situation. There are a few families who have someone who migrated to the US who can help them out to buy seeds, but most of us don’t. We’ve lost harvests several times, because it didn’t rain, or it rained too much, and so we’ve got no seeds left. When it rains too much, the crops die from disease or they’re washed away, when it doesn’t rain enough, they dry up, either way, us farmers lose everything”.
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  • Claudia Palacios, El Tigre community, Carazo<br />
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“I’m mother to three children, I don’t have a husband, I’m single and I have to struggle to look after my kids. I have a little bit of land, but I don’t have seeds to sow and I don’t have money to buy seeds. A lot of people in this community are in the same situation. There are a few families who have someone who migrated to the US who can help them out to buy seeds, but most of us don’t. We’ve lost harvests several times, because it didn’t rain, or it rained too much, and so we’ve got no seeds left. When it rains too much, the crops die from disease or they’re washed away, when it doesn’t rain enough, they dry up, either way, us farmers lose everything”.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_20190612_482.jpg
  • Hector Hermilo Perdomo, COCASJOL, Colinas, Santa Bárbara, Honduras. “With the two hurricanes that hit Honduras, the water that fell with them has affected us very much. We’ve had landslides, lots of land has been wiped out, taking with it our crops. Just in my bit of land I’ve lost two manzanas (5 acres) that means 7000 coffee plants that I’ve lost, that I can’t recover. Also the production of those 7000 plants, that’s about 35 quintals of dry pergamino coffee that I’ve lost. All this means I’m in difficulties financially, it’s a big loss. Also I’ve lost the musacea, the bananas we plant alongside the coffee as shade, and we have a substantial trade of bananas to Guatemala, mainly the small banana we call ‘mínimo’, we’ve lost that too. We’ve got big difficulties with access to and from our farms here, after the main roads and minor roads were affected by landslides, and that has made it hard to get any product out to market, or get machinery in to fix things on our farms. I’ve had 14 small landslides, and two big ones on my own property.”
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201208_96...jpg
  • Hector Hermilo Perdomo, COCASJOL, Colinas, Santa Bárbara, Honduras. “With the two hurricanes that hit Honduras, the water that fell with them has affected us very much. We’ve had landslides, lots of land has been wiped out, taking with it our crops. Just in my bit of land I’ve lost two manzanas (5 acres) that means 7000 coffee plants that I’ve lost, that I can’t recover. Also the production of those 7000 plants, that’s about 35 quintals of dry pergamino coffee that I’ve lost. All this means I’m in difficulties financially, it’s a big loss. Also I’ve lost the musacea, the bananas we plant alongside the coffee as shade, and we have a substantial trade of bananas to Guatemala, mainly the small banana we call ‘mínimo’, we’ve lost that too. We’ve got big difficulties with access to and from our farms here, after the main roads and minor roads were affected by landslides, and that has made it hard to get any product out to market, or get machinery in to fix things on our farms. I’ve had 14 small landslides, and two big ones on my own property.”
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201208_96...jpg
  • Claudia Palacios, El Tigre community, Carazo<br />
<br />
“I’m mother to three children, I don’t have a husband, I’m single and I have to struggle to look after my kids. I have a little bit of land, but I don’t have seeds to sow and I don’t have money to buy seeds. A lot of people in this community are in the same situation. There are a few families who have someone who migrated to the US who can help them out to buy seeds, but most of us don’t. We’ve lost harvests several times, because it didn’t rain, or it rained too much, and so we’ve got no seeds left. When it rains too much, the crops die from disease or they’re washed away, when it doesn’t rain enough, they dry up, either way, us farmers lose everything”.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_20190612_478.jpg