BBCNEWS Shrimps Saris and Guns July 7, 2024
to tackle climate change. now on bbc news, shrimps, saris and guns. faarea masud investigates how the demand for shrimp is destroying land that women have farmed for centuries in bangladesh. along the coastline is riverbeds of rural bangladesh, thousands of factors where rice was once grown have been converted into intensive shrimp farms. catering to a multibillion—dollar global industry. since the explosion of the industry in the 1980s when the world's appetite for this luxury food group, there have been increasing allegations of violence and land grabbing by criminal gangs. i'v e...