Market gardening activities around Lake Bam in Burkina Faso. Most vegetable growers use pumps to irrigate their gardens. This multiplication of pumps contributes to the reduction of the amount of available water. Kongoussi, Burkina Faso.
Photo by Ollivier Girard/CIFOR
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