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Kahkiihtwaam ee-pee-kiiweehtataahk: Bringing it back home again
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Fighting malaria in Northern Peru
Changing irrigation practices to combat malaria in Northern Peru
When large-scale irrigation came to Peru’s northern coast in the 1960s and 1970s, it brought with it an explosion in agriculture — and one of the world’s deadliest diseases. Brian Owens examines how changing irrigation practices has helped turn the tide against malaria?. Part of an ongoing series of stories about innovative projects in the developing world?, a partnership between the International Development Research Centre and Canadian Geographic.
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