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Campo Alegre de Lourdes, Bahia, Brazil. Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015.Goats look for food in a paddock area at a homestead near Campo Alegre de Lourdes in the state of Bahia, Brazil, on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015. Subsistence farmers raise goats because they are adaptable to drought conditions. They require little water and can selectively choose the most nutritious parts of a plant with their small mouths. Farmers in the region who grow enough to feed themselves and their families have long lived with erratic rainfall. The Serão has the largest concentration of rural poverty in Latin America, with a third of its residents living in extreme poverty.

Campo Alegre de Lourdes, Bahia, Brazil. Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015.

Goats look for food in a paddock area at a homestead near Campo Alegre de Lourdes in the state of Bahia, Brazil, on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015. Subsistence farmers raise goats because they are adaptable to drought conditions. They require little water and can selectively choose the most nutritious parts of a plant with their small mouths. 

Farmers in the region who grow enough to feed themselves and their families have long lived with erratic rainfall. The Serão has the largest concentration of rural poverty in Latin America, with a third of its residents living in extreme poverty.