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A butterfly business could diversify income and make families less vulnerable to devastation from typhoons

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Butterfly business

In the Philippines, a butterfly business could diversify income and make families less vulnerable to devastation from typhoons.

Butterflies are sold for export around Asia where they are bought by nature tourism parks and even released at weddings as an alternative to confetti or rice.

Butterflies may seem like a strange form of sustainable livelihood in a typhoon-prone area. However, unlike rice and crops, the insects and their pupa are kept in special cages and can be easily brought inside during a typhoon.

This means that butterfly crops can be protected from the ravages of winds and rain, safe-guarding farmers' investments and savings.

£113.00
(approx €122.71)




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