In the #Sahel, only 3% of cultivated lands are irrigated. How can we reverse the trend?

Focus on #Senegal, #Mauritania, #Niger, #Chad, and #Mali where new irrigation practices are leading the way:
https://t.co/QtHli8KGl6 #WorldWaterDay | https://t.co/u7kyajqNyF

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In the Doukour valley in #Chad, a spreading weir irrigates 17 villages.

Fattah Hassan Dubaal, Head of the Adoulous Group, reports better yields and an improved life thanks to access to water: https://t.co/mUajrueVZn @WorldBankWater https://t.co/xjmO0j8yVp

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Meet Fattah Dubaal, a #Chad farmer. Once, she harvested 2-3 okra sacks. Now? Up to 150. "This income helps with schooling, food, healthcare".

Discover how climate-smart irrigation transforms Sahel farmers' lives, boosting resilience and a #LivablePlanet: https://t.co/dobTUcOrN4 https://t.co/kqTpXJxsPW

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Meet Fattah Dubaal, a #Chad farmer. Once, she harvested 2-3 okra sacks. Now? Up to 150. "This income helps with schooling, food, healthcare".

Discover how climate-smart irrigation transforms Sahel farmers' lives, boosting resilience and a #LivablePlanet: https://t.co/wtlZVUpIUC https://t.co/UZ8q4yDLTh

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In the #Sahel, only 3% of cultivated lands are irrigated.

How can we reverse the trend?

Focus on #Senegal, #Mauritania, #Niger, #Chad, and #Mali where new irrigation practices are leading the way. 👇

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Landsat 8 and Landsat 9 kicked off 2025 by acquiring over 1,400 scenes on the first of January. This #Landsat 9 image of #EmiKoussi in the #TibestiRange of #Chad is a mosaic of two of the many scenes collected. Learn more here: https://t.co/7mgkiDxGzH https://t.co/7e9VGtVjd5

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Discover how an e-voucher system has provided over 5,000 tons of improved seeds to farmers' organizations across #Chad, leading to yield increases of up to 80%: https://t.co/UHjroszq0e https://t.co/mrtAtFybUk

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