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Awadalla shares his expertise with all communities in Darfur to enable them to cope with their changing weather.

20 years on, people are returning to villages which had been burned to the ground. But now they face a new threat. Creeping desertification and erratic rains, made worse by climate change, are turning productive land into desert.

The light from the full moon is a welcome sight in Sudan, where only around half of households and businesses have the luxury of electric lights.

Farmers Suliman and Hafiz plant trees on previously barren land.  Communities have used our innovative water management techniques to conserve precious water, using it to irrigate farmland and saplings, reviving the soil and protecting land from the encroaching desert.

Through our agricultural and business training, we’re not only helping farmers improve harvests but also work together for a better income.  Since working with us, Sitelnisa is not only growing enough food to feed her family, but she also has enough left over to sell at market.

Regreening land that was previously desert shows we can grow the impossible and rejuvenate barren soil.  Trees act as a windbreak, mitigating sandstorms. Tree roots hold soil together, retain water, prevent collapse and crops benefit from the extra nutrients in the soil.   

Awadalla, from our El Fashir office, talks with Suliman and his family on their farm in North Darfur. Awadalla and other Practical Action experts spend their time in the field, training, advising and supporting communities on the latest farming techniques.