Drought and Unequal Water Rights Threaten Family Farms in Chile
Lack of water threatens the very existence of family farming in Chile, forcing farmers to adopt new techniques or to leave their land.
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Lack of water threatens the very existence of family farming in Chile, forcing farmers to adopt new techniques or to leave their land.
QUILLOTA, Chile, Apr 30 (IPS) - For the rural farmers in Chile, a combination of climate change-induced mega droughts, water policies that make access unaffordable and a State that either doesn’t want to or dares not intervene in the water market means family enterprises are dying out.Lack of water threatens the very existence of family farming in Chile, forcing farmers to adopt new techniques or to leave their land.
The lack of water threatens the existence of family farming in Chile, as it forces farmers to reconvert and migrate.
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