Drought in East Africa: How farmers and pastoralists can cope (The New Humanitarian & Interpress News)
Safumume Abdush thought the Gor river that runs past Halo Busa village in southeastern Ethiopia could never run dry. And […]
Nigeria: Farmers use watering cans to grow maize during dry season
It’s early in the morning and very cold. Abbas Jaafaru Julde is already awake and in his maize field busy […]
Learn more about World Water Day 2022
This factsheet from the United Nations provides information about the upcoming World Water Day on March 22, 2022. World Water […]
Drip irrigation
In line with this edition’s Resource about World Water Day, our Script of the Week also focuses on making the […]
State of Food and Agriculture 2020
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has released its yearly report on the State of Food and […]
Celebrate forests and water
March 21 is the International Day of Forests. This year, the day promotes education to “Learn to Love Forests.” March […]
Kenya: ‘Peace ambassadors’ ease water conflicts in drought-prone Kenya (Trust)
Outside a small, secluded house in Maweni village, Kenya, a group of about 150 farmers sit together in the sweltering […]
Ethiopia: Irrigated farming helps farmers produce more, even when the rain is erratic (International Institute for Environment and Development)
Over a 12-year period, as rainfall became increasingly erratic, farmer Shemsu Hussein moved from rain-fed agriculture to intensive small-scale irrigation—and […]
Kenya: Good irrigation results in good harvests for pastoralists switching to horticulture (The Daily Nation)
After losing nearly all his livestock to drought and bandits, John Nang’iro Ekalale switched to horticulture in 2016. Mr. Ekalale […]
Senegal: Limited access to water hurts market gardeners
Fary Diop sits under a baobab tree at the entrance to Mbidiem Lébou village, filling small bags with grilled groundnuts. […]