IFAD: Villages on the Front Line - Jordan

Jordan is in the part of the world where farming began. Ninety percent of the country receives less than 25 centimetres of rain a year. Without the farmers it would revert to desert. Down the centuries they were ingenious at developing sophisticated methods to use water sparingly: now lapsed into disrepair, the water channels that fed Petra are evidence of this skill. But Jordan, with a burgeoning human population swelled by refugees from the Middle East conflicts, faces a crisis. Demand for water is so great that the Dead Sea itself is predicted to disappear.

Other Organization:International Fund for Agricultural Development
Agriculture / Food Security
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May 24, 2011
Villages on the Front Line - Jordan Part 1 of 3
Climate Change: Conserving water in Turkana

WFP is using food to help poor farmers become less vulnerable to hunger in future. Veronica Kakuma built a water-conserving ‘bund’ and now has a sorghum crop she didn’t have before.

Agriculture / Food Security
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May 24, 2011
Climate Change: Conserving water in Turkana
Mali farmers reclaim lake

With sand blocking the channels feeding Mali’s Lake Faguibine, the area dried up and local people slipped deeper into hunger. The answer was simple: unblock the channels. Thanks to the food assistance supplied by WFP, local people were able to do it themselves.

Agriculture / Food Security
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May 24, 2011
Mali farmers reclaim lake