Elqui Valley at Dusk
The Elqui River valley in Coquimbo Chile is agriculturally very productive, but only in areas that receive irrigation, such as these vineyards. Taken May 1, 2013.
Rosa
La Serena, Chile. Rosa Elvida Rivera and her family herd hundreds of goats in Coquimbo. She tells us she lost nearly two hundred animals because of drought. May 1, 2013.
Harvest
Down from the inner Elqui Valley, the agricultural production shifts to vegetables, flowers and other horticulture. Farms are smaller here, but still almost wholly reliant on irrigation. Taken May 3, 2013.
Dina cuts flowers
Elqui Valley Chile. Dina Cifuentes is a smallscale farmer who grows flower and vegetables. Taken May 3, 2013.
Dina and her flowers
Elqui Valley Chile. Dina Cifuentes is a smallscale farmer who grows flower and vegetables. Taken May 3, 2013.
Dina Cifuentes
Elqui Valley Chile. Dina Cifuentes is a smallscale farmer who grows flower and vegetables. Taken May 3, 2013.
Flowers and Hands
Elqui Valley Chile. Dina Cifuentes is a smallscale farmer who grows flower and vegetables. Taken May 3, 2013.
Drying Grapes
Elqui Valley, Chile. If you live in the U.S. and you’re buying grapes at the supermarket right now, they most likely come from Chile. Taken May 2, 2013.
Readying for Winter
Elqui Valley, Chile. If you live in the U.S. and you’re buying grapes at the supermarket right now, they most likely come from Chile. Most of the table grapes at Fundo Algorrobal have been harvested. Taken May 2, 2013.
Bruno Espinoza Moran
Elqui, Coquimbo Chile : General manager of the Fundo El Algarrobal vineyard in the Elqui Valley, which has a sophisticated strategy of water management and conservation, placing high value on the accuracy of time-ahead information. Photo taken May 2, 2013.
Fundo El Algarrobal
Elqui Valley, Chile. We spent the day in grape country. The Elqui Valley is home to dozens of vineyards, some small, mostly large scale operations such as the Fundo El Algorrobal, which has built its own reservoir to hedge against droughts. Taken May 2, 2013.
Rosa at her camp
La Serena, Chile. Rosa Elvida Rivera and her family herd hundreds of goats in Coquimbo. She tells us she lost nearly two hundred animals because of drought. May 1, 2013.
Goat herd
La Serena, Chile. Goat herding is a traditional livelihood in the drylands of Coquimbo, Chile. These goats are pasturing very near the Elqui River. Taken May 1, 2013.
Confused Goat
La Serena, Chile. Goat herding is a traditional livelihood in the drylands of Coquimbo, Chile. These goats are pasturing very near the Elqui River. Taken May 1, 2013.
Goats
La Serena, Chile. Goat herding is a traditional livelihood in the drylands of Coquimbo, Chile. These goats are pasturing very near the Elqui River. Taken May 1, 2013.
Modesto Geraldo, 61
Elqui River Valley, Chile. A goat herder, Modesto Geraldo and his family represent one of the most drought-vulnerable communities in Coquimbo. Taken May 1, 2013.
Modesto explains
Elqui River Valley, Chile. A goat herder, Modesto Geraldo and his family represent one of the most drought-vulnerable communities in Coquimbo. Taken May 1, 2013.
Modesto’s failed garden
Elqui River Valley, Chile. Modesto Geraldo a 61-year-old goatherder. Without adequate water, his garden has withered. “Government relief services come too slowly and too late. It’s like going to the hospital to get medicines only to come back and find that the patient has died,” says Modesto Geraldo, a 61-year old goat herder. Taken May 5, 2013.