Indian Father And Son Working In Subsistence Farming Editorial Image

Guatemala, Chiquimula department, municipality Jocotan: in the mountains is huge poverty, food scarcity and therefore people often have to grow corn, maize, on barren plots, as this Chorti, Mayan man with his son, child. They have already planted more corn, but not all sprouted seeds by drought and poor soil. Therefore, they sow even more seeds. The slope is so steep that they can not stand without walking stick during the work. In the background a steep mountain road and deforestation of mountain slopes with risk of erosion, drying out of the soil and landslides.