Small-scale irrigation schemes can protect farmers from drought
date:Aug 27, 2012
e've witnessed again and again what happens to the world's poor-the majority of whom depend on agriculture for their livelihoods and already suffer from water scarcity-when they are at the mercy of our fragile global food system, said Dr Colin Chartres, director-general of IWMI. However, farmers across the developing world are increasingly relying on and benefitting from small-scale, locally-relevant water solutions.

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