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"Yenagoa, Nigeria – This June, Aibakuro Warder was disappointed by the size of
the yam and cassava tubers she harvested from her farms in Ikarama, a community
in the southernmost Nigerian state of Bayelsa. Most were tiny and in some
locations, there was no yield.
“This is what we have been dealing with since oil spills started,” the
51-year-old mother of five said. “It makes it difficult for me to feed my
family and train my children in school because that is the only thing I do”.
Thirty years ago there were no spills, Warder recalls. Then she would go to the
farm with her mother and grandmother. The harvest was always bountiful, she
said, sometimes up to 20 bags and sometimes more.
Yam tubers were huge and sometimes up to three feet (91 cm) tall, she said. And
they sold every farm produce they took to the market and bought whatever they
wanted on their way back, she added.
Now all of that has changed."
Via Whuffo and Christoph S.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
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