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  • At Sahara's edge, old habits protect crops from new climate

    Farmers in Ndiob, Senegal, have returned to an ancient technique called zaï to combat drought, use less fertilizer, and increase their yields. Zaï involves drilling holes in the soil so rainwater can fill them and soak into the land instead of running off.

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  • The Cheap, Clever Promise of 'Water ATMs'

    The nonprofit Safe Water Network is training entrepreneurs in India to treat and filter water so they can run water ATMs. These businesses supply safe drinking water to communities that lack access to it for about half the price of any other option.

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  • Solar Pumps Are Empowering Women Farmers in India

    In the Indian state of Bihar, women-led self-help groups are challenging traditional gender norms and saving money to buy and install solar irrigation pumps. The pumps increase the local agricultural capacity by providing a cleaner, more affordable alternative to the diesel pumps typically used to combat water scarcity in the region.

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  • How can California solve its water woes? By flooding its best farmland.

    A conservation nonprofit’s restoration project in California’s Central Valley turned a farm field back into the flood plains that once existed there. Not only did it restore natural habitat, but the parcel is helping to combat flooding and drought by absorbing excess water that will eventually recharge the groundwater.

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  • The outliers in urban residential landscaping

    Homeowners in Colorado are replacing their turf with rock and native plants and grasses, to save water and save money on water wills.

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  • A Community-Driven Path to Replenishing Groundwater in a Parched Region

    The community in Jakhni, India, reimplemented old farming practices, like building embankments to trap rainwater and planting trees to prevent erosion, to combat severe drought.

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  • For Indian Farmers, Artificial Glaciers Are a High-Altitude Antidote to Drought

    In the Ladakh region of Northern India, vertical artificial glaciers called “ice stupas” melt at a slower pace than natural glaciers, helping farmers to store water for irrigation during the spring drought. Through contests with cash prizes, more than 500 people in 45 villages have been trained to build their own ice stupas.

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  • How to harvest water from clouds of fog

    As the drought in Kenya drags on, people are collecting water from the air by using plastic to funnel fog off of trees into buckets at night or a machine that pulls water from hot, moisture-filled air like a dehumidifier would.

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  • The ancient Sri Lankan 'tank cascades' tackling drought

    A hydraulic network of man-made water tanks built 2,000 years ago, called an ellangawa, collects rainwater that locals in Maeliya, Sri Lanka, can release during the dry season to support the rice crop and recharge the groundwater.

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  • Why Iowa farmers are turning to irrigation during drought. And why some are not.

    Farmers in Iowa are slowly turning to irrigation systems instead of relying solely on rain to combat more frequent droughts.

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