Bringing forth water to combat food insecurity and climate change in the Sahel

New Web Hosting Pioneer Emerges, Offering Affordable Hosting Solutions Coupled with…Sixty-four percent of the population of the Sahel lives in rural areas and depends primarily on rainfed farming for their livelihood. Despite the potential for up to two million hectares of land to be irrigated, only three percent of farmland has irrigation systems in place.

ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, 21 March 2024, /African Media Agency/-The vast lands of the Saloum at the heart of Senegal are breathtaking. The ephemeral greenery of the landscape stretches as far as the eye can see, full of promise for future harvests. For those living off the land, this is the time to plant and to wait for nature to work its miracle.

Fattah Hassan Dubaal, Head of the Adoulous Group that was formed almost 10 years ago, oversees the work performed by her colleagues. With a team of 33 women, the cooperative covers 1.7 hectares spread across the area of the hydraulic structure, producing vegetables for their own consumption as well as for sale.

notes Fattah. “Our annual income is now around CFAF 3-4 million per year, up from around 500,000 formerly. After deducting recurrent expenditure, the surplus is distributed among the members. Whatever money I receive, I use it to feed my children, take care of them and enroll them in school,” adds this mother of six.

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