Members of the Moniz family tend cattle in Sao Domingos municipality on Santiago Island, Cape Verde, Jan. 24, 2026. In rural Cape Verde, a family struggles to keep traditional livestock farming alive while sustaining its own livelihood.

The family raises goats, pigs and poultry at its ranch, using largely traditional methods, with 86-year-old patriarch Cipriano Moniz passing down the know-how to his son Zeze Moniz and grandson Janilton Moniz.

The three generations, working side by side, carry on with the family's long-standing practice of animal husbandry on this eastern African Island. (Photo by Elton Monteiro/Xinhua)

Cipriano Moniz, 86, rides a donkey along a countryside road in Sao Domingos municipality on Santiago Island, Cape Verde, Jan. 24, 2026. In rural Cape Verde, a family struggles to keep traditional livestock farming alive while sustaining its own livelihood.

The family raises goats, pigs and poultry at its ranch, using largely traditional methods, with 86-year-old patriarch Cipriano Moniz passing down the know-how to his son Zeze Moniz and grandson Janilton Moniz.

The three generations, working side by side, carry on with the family's long-standing practice of animal husbandry on this eastern African Island. (Photo by Elton Monteiro/Xinhua)

Cipriano Moniz, 86, feeds chickens at his ranch in Sao Domingos municipality on Santiago Island, Cape Verde, Jan. 24, 2026. In rural Cape Verde, a family struggles to keep traditional livestock farming alive while sustaining its own livelihood.

The family raises goats, pigs and poultry at its ranch, using largely traditional methods, with 86-year-old patriarch Cipriano Moniz passing down the know-how to his son Zeze Moniz and grandson Janilton Moniz.

The three generations, working side by side, carry on with the family's long-standing practice of animal husbandry on this eastern African Island. (Photo by Elton Monteiro/Xinhua)

A kitten is seen among poultry at the Moniz family's ranch in Sao Domingos municipality on Santiago Island, Cape Verde, Jan. 24, 2026. In rural Cape Verde, a family struggles to keep traditional livestock farming alive while sustaining its own livelihood.

The family raises goats, pigs and poultry at its ranch, using largely traditional methods, with 86-year-old patriarch Cipriano Moniz passing down the know-how to his son Zeze Moniz and grandson Janilton Moniz.

The three generations, working side by side, carry on with the family's long-standing practice of animal husbandry on this eastern African Island. (Photo by Elton Monteiro/Xinhua)

Janilton Moniz, 28, a young livestock farmer, rides a donkey to deliver milk in Sao Domingos municipality on Santiago Island, Cape Verde, Jan. 24, 2026. In rural Cape Verde, a family struggles to keep traditional livestock farming alive while sustaining its own livelihood.

The family raises goats, pigs and poultry at its ranch, using largely traditional methods, with 86-year-old patriarch Cipriano Moniz passing down the know-how to his son Zeze Moniz and grandson Janilton Moniz.

The three generations, working side by side, carry on with the family's long-standing practice of animal husbandry on this eastern African Island. (Photo by Elton Monteiro/Xinhua)

Janilton Moniz, 28, a young livestock farmer, milks a cow in Sao Domingos municipality on Santiago Island, Cape Verde, Jan. 24, 2026. In rural Cape Verde, a family struggles to keep traditional livestock farming alive while sustaining its own livelihood.

The family raises goats, pigs and poultry at its ranch, using largely traditional methods, with 86-year-old patriarch Cipriano Moniz passing down the know-how to his son Zeze Moniz and grandson Janilton Moniz.

The three generations, working side by side, carry on with the family's long-standing practice of animal husbandry on this eastern African Island. (Photo by Elton Monteiro/Xinhua)

A donkey is seen at the Moniz family's ranch in Sao Domingos municipality on Santiago Island, Cape Verde, Jan. 24, 2026. In rural Cape Verde, a family struggles to keep traditional livestock farming alive while sustaining its own livelihood.

The family raises goats, pigs and poultry at its ranch, using largely traditional methods, with 86-year-old patriarch Cipriano Moniz passing down the know-how to his son Zeze Moniz and grandson Janilton Moniz.

The three generations, working side by side, carry on with the family's long-standing practice of animal husbandry on this eastern African Island. (Photo by Elton Monteiro/Xinhua)

Goats are seen at the Moniz family's ranch in Sao Domingos municipality on Santiago Island, Cape Verde, Jan. 24, 2026. In rural Cape Verde, a family struggles to keep traditional livestock farming alive while sustaining its own livelihood.

The family raises goats, pigs and poultry at its ranch, using largely traditional methods, with 86-year-old patriarch Cipriano Moniz passing down the know-how to his son Zeze Moniz and grandson Janilton Moniz.

The three generations, working side by side, carry on with the family's long-standing practice of animal husbandry on this eastern African Island. (Photo by Elton Monteiro/Xinhua)

Cipriano Moniz, 86, is ready to milk a cow in Sao Domingos municipality on Santiago Island, Cape Verde, Jan. 24, 2026. In rural Cape Verde, a family struggles to keep traditional livestock farming alive while sustaining its own livelihood.

The family raises goats, pigs and poultry at its ranch, using largely traditional methods, with 86-year-old patriarch Cipriano Moniz passing down the know-how to his son Zeze Moniz and grandson Janilton Moniz.

The three generations, working side by side, carry on with the family's long-standing practice of animal husbandry on this eastern African Island. (Photo by Elton Monteiro/Xinhua)