• Young coconut trees are seen at a field in the Ferriera family farm in Acajutiba, about 180 km north from Salvador in Bahia state, Brazil. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP
    Young coconut trees are seen at a field in the Ferriera family farm in Acajutiba, about 180 km north from Salvador in Bahia state, Brazil. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP
  • Jose Edison Ferreira (L) and Jose Milton Ferreira (R) pose with their mother Alice Ferreira at a field in the family farm in Acajutiba. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP
    Jose Edison Ferreira (L) and Jose Milton Ferreira (R) pose with their mother Alice Ferreira at a field in the family farm in Acajutiba. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP
  • Harvested coconuts are seen on a wheelbarrow at a field in the Ferriera family farm in Acajutiba. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP
    Harvested coconuts are seen on a wheelbarrow at a field in the Ferriera family farm in Acajutiba. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP
  • A worker is seen alongside a mount of coconuts at a field in the Ferriera family farm. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP
    A worker is seen alongside a mount of coconuts at a field in the Ferriera family farm. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP
  • A worker climbs to harvest coconuts at a field in the Ferriera family farm in Acajutiba. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP
    A worker climbs to harvest coconuts at a field in the Ferriera family farm in Acajutiba. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP

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In pictures: Coconut farming in Brazil

Liz Claus

April 14, 2014

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This year is set as the International Year of Family Farming by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations as we take a look at a family-run farm in Brazil.

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