Increased Brazilian melon exports create tensions over water
In the Chapada do Apodi, a plateau that stretches across Rio Grande do Norte and neighbouring Ceará state, things began to change with the arrival of large melon producers in the late 1990s.
Farmers that previously grew red rice as well as beans, vegetables and some fruits, also decided to invest in the fruit, hoping to increase their income. “The idea was to plant melons for
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