Most Chadians base their livelihoods on subsistence farming ... in Chad have been increasing while rainfall is decreasing. Ninety per cent of the country’s largest lake, Lake Chad, has ...

One of these famers, 48-year-old Pierre Adamou, father of five, sets out for his farm, 5 kilometers (3 miles ... He’s using the Zai technique to restore his soils. Zai, also known as tassa ...

fishing and livestock farming. The UN says 10.7 million people in the Lake Chad basin need humanitarian relief to survive. "We used to pass fields of maize on our way to the lake and there were ...

The power station was to provide electricity to pump water from Lake Chad to irrigate 165,000 acres (668 sq km) of farm land. But the scheme was doomed from the start - even before construction ...

Local residents and researchers say that climate change also fosters conflict in the Lake Chad region, as extreme hunger pushes people to begin fishing and farming in areas controlled by extremists.

agriculture and insecurity among vulnerable populations in Borno State and across Lake Chad Basin host communities. The Lake Chad Inclusive Economic and Social Recovery project, implemented by ...

Most Chadians base their livelihoods on subsistence farming ... in Chad have been increasing while rainfall is decreasing. Ninety percent of the country’s largest lake, Lake Chad, has ...

Women’s cooperative farm in Dogba. Image by Leocadia Bongben for Mongabay. Currently, Adamou employs the Zai technique and composts manure on half a hectare of his farm. A member of the Nangam ...

Most Chadians base their livelihoods on subsistence farming ... in Chad have been increasing while rainfall is decreasing. Ninety percent of the country’s largest lake, Lake Chad, has ...