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His team attempts to improve water network infrastructure to reduce erosion and evaporation. “Industrial cultivation of strawberries and sugar-snap peas means our predicament is worse than ever,” Salvador adds, pointing to the international agribusinesses that have arrived in recent years to encourage production for export.https://jessicaeise.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/1h9a8669.jpg1h9a8669In the Andes, water is life—and politics. This mural in Hualcayán is in support of political candidate “Chiki”, who was running for office as part of the Movimiento Político Regional Agua political party.https://jessicaeise.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/1h9a8770.jpg1h9a8770Gates direct the flow of water to different fields according to a community’s m’ita schedule, which is organized by a water committee. Irrigation canals are now lined with concrete, but many are refurbished ancient canals. 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