Africa

Senegal turns to eco-farming to protect food supply as climate changes

Boys carry sacks of weeds through fields of rice on the outskirts of Richard Toll town June 3, 2008. Senegal wants to transform this baking hot valley into a rice bowl for Africa but farmers scrabbling in the dirt with hand-made hoes say the grand plan will take more than fine words from the president. Picture taken June 3, 2008.  REUTERS/Normand Blouin (SENEGAL) - GM1E4641EU501

"In the past 50 years they have seen the degradation and have understood that the next generation will pay." Image: REUTERS/Normand Blouin

Nellie Peyton
Journalist, Reuters Foundation
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