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World Service,08 Dec 1997,13 mins

Red Beetles are Bushmen's new Crop

The Farming World

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Many Kalahari Bushmen are no longer nomads, so need to find new livelihoods. One project is cultivating the cochineal beetle used to make red dye. Other stories from around the world of farmers adapting to radical change come from Vietnam and Bangladesh.

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