Willem Marx:
Climate change is causing displacement across the Sahel, the region just south of the Sahara Desert.
But in villages like Bulagoo (ph), residents are being helped to stay. These palm tree branches are a new natural barrier, a resilience program designed to protect local food production. The result is a dip in the desert transformed in five years from dry, cracked land like this to garden of plenty.
We're surrounded by greenery now, but, 30 years ago, this Wadi Bardi was abandoned by local people because sand from nearby dunes was encroaching. And what they did a few years ago to try and remedy that was to add animal droppings, along with organic matter from plants like this, mix it all together to create this kind of soil that's incredibly conducive for agriculture.
Saleh Brahim Diker manages this project supported by a charity called IDEL. He spends five days each week living in the village, returning home every weekend. Maria Madamoo (ph), the wife of the village head, is one of many workers helping out, clearing weeds from a patch of pepper plants.
This time of year is known as the lean season. It's another six weeks until this corn can be harvested, while the wheat was last cut in April, so the village's stocks are running low.
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