With both rice and shrimp increasingly difficult to raise, southern Bangladesh farmers are turning to a new crop JOYMONI, Bangladesh, March 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Kishore Mondol, a farmer in the low-lying deltas...
Flood and drought often drive the rural poor to cities. Those who are landless often stay on. Risking lives under the open sky, they hope a city’s many work opportunities will help them survive...