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Guinea-Bissau, K3 village, at the outer marshes of the Cacheu River. 2005. Women with babies on their back collect silt from the river forelands that once were fertile rice fields. The cultivation of rice, the most important staple food in the country, became here impossible due to the salting up of the fields. At home, they filter the silt with water and obtain good quality salt that they sell on the market.