A Flowering Industry
Chien-Chi Chang and Kyu-Young Lee
As the national industry producing anti-malaria medicine matures, farmers are meeting the demand by growing artemesia which pays more than tilling Uganda's dark soil for food crops. From Chien-Chi Chang's trip in Uganda, exploring the many facets of malaria with writer Kyu-Young Lee, here are three examples of older entrepreneurs who have changed their businesses in response to the country's needs.
 At 82, Theodore Riutonda, is taking on a new job of growing artemesia which he believes will be lucrative. Artemesia is processed into a drug that can treat malaria and save thousands of lives each day in Africa. Chien-Chi Chang/Magnum on Malaria
 John Tabaro, 73, with his wife Janan sit in their living room in a town outside of Kabale. “I was born here, grew up here and have been a farmer all my life,” he said. Tabaro admits he was excited when he first heard about artemesia and its lucrative potential. Thirteen people live in his house. It’s been four harvest seasons since he first grew the plant. Now you can find it in every free corner where he has arable land. “Look at my children, they look nice,” he said. “There are many, so I send them to boarding school.” Chien-Chi Chang/Magnum on Malaria
 With 18 children from two wives, Steven Hyaza is looking for new ways to make money. “I am 60 years old and I am not getting younger,” he said. He joined a group of farmers producing artemesia 3 years ago and has reaped the rewards. Meeting the food needs of his family, he is now able to pay for secondary school fees for some of his children. Chien-Chi Chang/Magnum on Malaria
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Alec Soth, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Ann Tornkvist, Ben Shneiderman, Bjarke Myrthu, Bruce Davidson, Bruce Gilden, Chien-Chi Chang, Chris Steele-Perkins, Christopher Anderson, Claudia Guadarrama, Claudine Boeglin, Constantine Manos, Daniel Power, David Alan Harvey, Elliott Erwitt, Frank Smyth, Geert Van Kesteren, Gueorgui Pinkhassov, Inge Bondi, Jacob Aue Sobol, Jörg M. Colberg, Jessica Dimmock, John Vink, Jonas Bendiksen, Magnum Photographers, Magnum Photos, Malaria No More, Mark Power, Martin Fuchs, Martin Parr, Martine Franck, Matthew Murphy, Meagan Young, Mikhael Subotzky, Olivia Arthur, Pablo Inirio, Paolo Pellegrin, Patrick Zachmann, Peter Marlow, Peter van Agtmael, Pia Frankenberg, Reiner Holzemer, Sam Ottenhof, Simon Wheatley, Stephen Bulger, Stuart Franklin, Trent Parke, Artprice.com, |
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Reader comments (1)
Está situación es parecida a los agricultores que siembran maiz o caña para producir Etanol
o los campesinos de Ecuador, Bolivia o la misma Colombia que siembran Coca para que le pagen altos precios por un monocultivo. Al fin, todo productor está al merced de los grandes capos, que son los que comercializan el producto final, es el caso de los agricultores en la provincia de Tarragona, España que siembran la avellana desde hace siglos y tienen que vender toda su produccion a la Nestle, ya que nadie más puede competir con esa empresa que tiene el monopolio.
Comment posted by jorge vall on April 20, 2007