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Harvesting Hope: Organic Farming Feeds Gudina’s Family
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By Bedilu Asmare
Like most men in Sasiga, Ethiopia, Gudina farmed for a living. But he was facing a crisis he didn’t have the tools to overcome—year over year, he saw his harvests decline. The soil was depleted and simply could not produce what it used to. At the same time, fertilizer prices soared, and he could no longer afford to buy them, worsening his predicament.
A failing farm had real consequences.
“Low productivity of [my] farmlands affected my family as I could not feed them properly,” Gudina explained.
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IMAGE: Gudina and his family © Courtesy of Food For the Hungry
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