Venezuela’s Farmland Sits Barren During Hunger Crisis

As Venezuelans in cities scavenge for food, once-fertile farmlands are barren as well. In western Portuguesa state, which was the nation’s breadbasket, hundreds of arable acres were lost after seeds didn’t arrive until the rainy season. Slugs and snails overran fields after pesticides disappeared when the cash-strapped government reduced imports. Thieves forage by night and a “cemetery of tractors” waits for replacement parts that never arrive. More…