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Silverio Mendez tends to a field in this 2019 photo in Barrio El Cedro, Chiquimula, Guatemala, part of a region known as "the dry corridor" due to extended droughts. Catholic Relief Services has worked with him and other farmers to use cover crops as a means to improve soil quality and its ability to hold moisture. (Catholic Relief Services/Julian Spath)
Silverio Mendez tends to a field in this 2019 photo in Barrio El Cedro, Chiquimula, Guatemala, part of a region known as "the dry corridor" due to extended droughts.