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    Food for 9 Billion

    Re-Greening the Sahel

    Fred de Sam Lazaro

    Food for 9 Billion

    Re-Greening the Sahel

    Perched on the edge of the Sahara Desert, Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world. As the desert moves southward, making the land ever less fertile, even a brief period of drought can lead to famine. Several efforts have sprung up in recent years to try to break the drought-famine link. One that has proven especially effective is Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration, or FMNR, a system developed in the 1980s by an enterprising farmer in Burkina Faso, Niger’s western neighbor.

    But for each step forward, population growth takes Niger two steps back.

    This video was produced by the Under-Told Stories Project and The Center for Investigative Reporting.

    Reporter: Fred de Sam Lazaro
    Producer and camera: Cassandra Herrman
    Editors: Cassandra Herrman and David Ritsher
    Consulting producer: Stephen Talbot
    Series producer: Cassandra Herrman
    Executive producer: Sharon Tiller

    Date

    July 12, 2012

    Other Contributor(s)

    Cassandra Herrman

    Outlets

    PBS NewsHour
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    Themes: Food, Environment, Technology
    Regions: Africa
    Media: Video
    Other Tags: desertification, Sahel, reforestation, Niger