KHULM DISTRICT, Balkh Province – It is a partly sunny winter’s day and villagers are busy attending to their farmlands or taking a mid-morning break. Abdul Ghaffar, 50, a farmer in Sahilozie village, sits...
Date: June 22, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
In all of Armenia, there is nowhere quite like Meghri – with its natural beauty drawn from a broad palette of vivid colors and lush landscapes. Located in Syunik province and bordering Iran, the region...
Date: May 26, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
KHULM DISTRICT, Balkh Province – A long stony embankment directs water from an irrigation canal to the farmlands down in the village. Mohammad Hashim, draped in a gray wool coat, leans on his shovel as...
Date: April 4, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
MAPUTO, March 29, 2017–Maize and rice hold a special place in the lives of many Mozambicans. As a food staple, many rural residents rely on these cereals as a primary source of daily intake of nutrients...
Date: March 29, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Local rice producers, upland farmers, and forest users from four regions will have access to improved irrigation services, agricultural inputs, and service delivery WASHINGTON, March 23, 2017 – Today,...
Date: March 23, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
NIAMEY, February 28, 2017—The World Bank approved today a $50 million IDA grant for Niger. “This grant supports reforms in public investment and public finance management, and the operationalization of...
Date: February 28, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
NYAGATARE, December 20, 2016 – Standing proudly in front of his new, four-bedroom house, 45-year old John Muyango, a resident of Kayigiro village of Nyagatare District, is a content man. Five years ago...
Date: December 20, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Enjil district, Herat Province –Haji Abdul Karim, 57, soaks his scarf in water and puts it on his head on this hot day. He walks towards a canal intake gate, his gray shirt wet with sweat. He clears the...
Date: December 14, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
BAMAKO, December 9, 2016 ─ Despite the dominant role that crop and livestock farming plays in Mali’s economy, the country has some of the highest rates of acute malnutrition and rural poverty in Africa....
Date: December 9, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
LILONGWE, November 29, 2016 - The January 2015 seasonal rainfall, which was the highest on record for Malawi, caused floods that left just over a million Malawians in the southern part of the country...
Date: November 29, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
China is a water-stressed country: per capita water resources are about a quarter of the global average, or 2,100 cubic meters. This scarcity is more severe when the spatial distribution of water sources,...
Date: November 18, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
There are about 1.34 million diesel-powered irrigation pumps across Bangladesh, mostly for farms beyond the reach of conventional power grids. Most years, they spend about $900 million on diesel to fuel...
Date: October 12, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
More than nearly any country in the world, Bangladesh is highly vulnerable to the steadily growing effects of climate change. The South, Southwest, and Southeast coastal regions are increasingly susceptible...
Date: October 11, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Agriculture has always been a notoriously difficult enterprise in the northwest districts of Bangladesh, which are prone to flash flooding and drought, and in southern regions damaged by saline from tidal...
Date: October 6, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
After many years as a migrant worker in various cities, Chen Yin returned to Tuoxi village recently to pick up farm work again. A key reason for her return is that floods that inundated her farmland almost...
Date: August 24, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
DAMAN DISTRICT, Kandahar Province – The sun has not yet risen, but farmer Hayatullah, 30, is already hard at work on his farm. He is collecting gravel and preparing the land for the next round of cultivation....
Date: July 20, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
KANDAHAR CITY, Kandahar Province – The shepherd’s loud calls keep the flock of sheep together while they pass calmly along a water canal. It is early afternoon and nothing but the loud calls of shepherds...
Date: May 3, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
A story of sustainable irrigation to promote a more productive agricultural sector Would you believe that Morocco’s agricultural potential starts with one drop? A drop coming from one of the country’s...
Date: February 18, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
BAMYAN CITY, Bamyan Province – Baaz Mohammad Mehr, 42, is working on his land on a quiet and warm summer afternoon. With his sickle, he cuts the green stems and leaves of potato plants. Mehr has planted...
Date: January 6, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
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