Less Info
Add to Lightbox Download

Mauritania

A community vegetable garden built in the dry bed of a wadi where wells access the water table. Drought, emigration, a lack of investment in agricultural production and an exodus of men to urban areas in search of employment has left agriculture to the elderly, women and children in many rural areas.
Tachott, Mauritania. 07/03/2011.

Filename
SahelClimateChange-10.jpg
Copyright
Photo © J.B. Russell
Image Size
4288x2848 / 6.8MB
Contained in galleries
REPORTAGE: Climate Change in the Sahel
A community vegetable garden built in the dry bed of a wadi where wells access the water table. Drought, emigration, a lack of investment in agricultural production and an exodus of men to urban areas in search of employment has left agriculture to the elderly, women and children in many rural areas. <br /> Tachott, Mauritania. 07/03/2011.