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Thursday, 01 May 2008 09:08

5 Years of Work Brings Abundance

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Friday, 15 January 2010 10:04

A Nicaraguan Cacao Farmer Embraces Natural Fertilizers

A Nicaraguan Cacao Farmer Embraces Natural Fertilizers

My name is Valentin and I am 55 years old. In the early 1980s when Nicaragua was at war, I was dispossessed of all my belongings and had to travel to neighboring Costa Rica to live until there was a regime change later in the decade. I returned to Nicaragua and now my wife, Inés, and I have lived in the Posa Azul community in Kukra River for the last 17 years.

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