Every year, climate change has an impact on the way of life for people in the Amazon. Whether it's extreme floods or extreme droughts, the region's urban and rural communities are feeling the effects of these changes, which have become more severe and more frequent.
And Acre is one of the Brazilian states most affected by extreme-weather events. Within this scenario, rural and riverside communities seem to be feeling the changes in rainfall and drought cycles more acutely.
Climate change has altered family farming's production. If before the fields were prepared in October to wait for the first rains of the "Amazon winter," the environment is different today. In 2023, for example, seed planting only began in December, when it actually started to rain more frequently.
The delay jeopardizes the harvest period, putting these families' access to the food they eat at risk, as well as their income, since all the produce is sold to the Rio Branco market. The high temperatures also affect work in the fields, as the extreme heat makes it impossible for farmers to spend hours in the sun, and the survival of livestock is threatened by the lack of water. During floods, all family farming production is lost.