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Campo Alegre de Lourdes, Bahia. Monday, Feb. 15, 2016. A broken walkway to the homestead of subsistence farmers Joaquim and Dora Ferreira de Maceo. “A seca é a pior.” This drought is the worst – in fifty years. Joaquim said his family lost the seeds because everything they grew died. “You only see land. You see animals eating trees.” The plants ​used to be taller, fuller. Now they risk extinction. “It’s drying. The clouds don’t even come here.”

Campo Alegre de Lourdes, Bahia. Monday, Feb. 15, 2016.

A broken walkway to the homestead of subsistence farmers Joaquim and Dora Ferreira de Maceo. “A seca é a pior.” This drought is the worst – in fifty years. Joaquim said his family lost the seeds because everything they grew died. “You only see land. You see animals eating trees.” The plants ​used to be taller, fuller. Now they risk extinction. “It’s drying. The clouds don’t even come here.”