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Rice Farmers in Senegal Test Fish as a Natural Partner Against Parasitic Disease

Farmers in Senegal are introducing fish into rice paddies to fertilize crops, provide food, and reduce the snails that carry parasitic worms, a low-cost approach to a persistent health burden.

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This story restores dignity to farmers navigating poverty and disease without fanfare, it asks us to see human ingenuity and resilience where the news cycle rarely looks.
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