JAFFA VILLAGE, WOLAYITA ZONE, ETHIOPIA, 19TH AUGUST 2008: Martha Bute, aged about 40, mother of 8 children has nothing to eat.

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JAFFA VILLAGE, WOLAYITA ZONE, SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA, 19TH AUGUST 2008: Martha Bute, aged about 40, mother of 8 children has nothing to eat. 'We're starving. There is no food. Price of food items at the market makes it impossible to buy '. She spends over two hours each day collecting firewood to sell in the market. They used to build terraces to stop the soil eroding, but this year they've not been able to. '"Because we don't eat much, we don't have any strength to build the terraces any more." Photo by Mike Goldwater

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Size: 3413px × 5120px
Location: Ethiopia
Photo credit: © Mike Goldwater / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: africa, african, damage, degraded, destroyed, eroded, erosion, ethiopia, farm, farmer, farming, green, ground, harvests, home, homestead, land, landscape, malnourished, malnutrition, poor, poverty, tukul, worried, worry