Inter Press ServiceRainwater harvesting tanks are now part of the landscape in Brazil’s semiarid Northeast, thanks to recent initiatives to help people live with drought. There are some 200,000 tanks for irrigating crops, like those of farmer Abel Manto, and 1.2 million to store drinking water. CREDIT: Mario Osava/IPS - Inter Press Service https://www.ipsnews.net/2021/10/pandemic-highlights-urgent-need-improve-sanitation-brazil/aaa-151/feed/ News and Views from the Global South Fri, 01 May 2026 17:30:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 Rainwater harvesting tanks are now part of the landscape in Brazil’s semiarid Northeast, thanks to recent initiatives to help people live with drought. There are some 200,000 tanks for irrigating crops, like those of farmer Abel Manto, and 1.2 million to store drinking water. CREDIT: Mario Osava/IPS https://www.ipsnews.net/2021/10/pandemic-highlights-urgent-need-improve-sanitation-brazil/aaa-151/ https://www.ipsnews.net/2021/10/pandemic-highlights-urgent-need-improve-sanitation-brazil/aaa-151/#respond Fri, 08 Oct 2021 17:30:18 +0000 traductores http://www.ipsnews.net/Library/2021/10/aaa-1.jpg

Rainwater harvesting tanks are now part of the landscape in Brazil’s semiarid Northeast, thanks to recent initiatives to help people live with drought. There are some 200,000 tanks for irrigating crops, like those of farmer Abel Manto, and 1.2 million to store drinking water. CREDIT: Mario Osava/IPS

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Oct 8 2021

Rainwater harvesting tanks are now part of the landscape in Brazil’s semiarid Northeast, thanks to recent initiatives to help people live with drought. There are some 200,000 tanks for irrigating crops, like those of farmer Abel Manto, and 1.2 million to store drinking water. CREDIT: Mario Osava/IPS

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Rainwater harvesting tanks are now part of the landscape in Brazil’s semiarid Northeast, thanks to recent initiatives to help people live with drought. There are some 200,000 tanks for irrigating crops, like those of farmer Abel Manto, and 1.2 million to store drinking water. CREDIT: Mario Osava/IPS]]> https://www.ipsnews.net/2021/10/pandemic-highlights-urgent-need-improve-sanitation-brazil/aaa-151/feed/ 0