No boats needed for a Guatemalan fishing community

A rainwater harvesting project in the country’s dry corridor is putting fish on the plates

Imagine living in one of the driest areas on the planet. What little rain there is falls over the space of a few months, yielding around 700 mm in total each year. A population of 1.2 million has to survive on 65 percent less water than the rest of their compatriots, on a traditional staple diet of corn and beans.