Every Thursday at noon, a group of eight men meet at the Apostles Gate of the grand cathedral of Valencia, an ancient coastal city in western Spain. Sitting in a circle, dressed head to toe in black, they resemble a court of judges – which they are. But their shirts are not togas...
Bolstering Nigeria’s booming catfish sector to help feed Africa’s most populous country...
“Water scarcity had become a relentless battle for our village,” Waadullah Jarjis recalls of recent years.
He’s a small-scale farmer from Ba’shiqah in Mosul province, a semi-arid region in northern Iraq. His village and the surrounding governorate...
Simple yet innovative farming technologies and techniques save natural resources while increasing incomes
At 37, Andranik Davtyan is somewhat of a rarity in his village of Aygedzor in Armenia’s Tavush Region. Like many young Armenians, Andranik moved abroad in search of new opportunities. But unlike many who take that leap, he returned to his village, determined to build a pro...
Ines Messaoudi, 40, grew up in a small town near Tunis. But her heart has always lain in the Béja region, a rural area in the northwest of Tunisia where she spent her summers reveling in the local culture and flavors&...
The idea of Italy’s Cucine Popolari, or Popular Kitchens, is a simple one: build a pleasant space where people, regardless of income, can share a meal and their life stories.
"A place for socializing dedicated above all to those who cannot guarantee a ...
Charymukhammet Redzhepov is officially retired, but it hasn’t stopped him from teaching at his local secondary school in Bukri, a village in central Turkmenistan.
Living here makes him a gumly, a term reserved for people in the Karakum d...
Ramani Perera is a paddy farmer in the Malwathu Oya river basin, a lush area in North Central Sri Lanka full of rivers, lakes and reservoirs.
Locally known as “tanks”, these reservoirs are an important resource for farmers, who ac...
