Fighting the Desert with Gardens in Senegal
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Channel: Chicago Council on Global Affairs · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism
In Senegal, deforestation and rising temperatures have exacerbated the process of desertification, turning 150 square miles of forested area into deserts every year. Alimatou Badji leads a women's collective to fight this problem one garden at a time. Watch as we follow her to remote villages, where she uses specific planting patterns to enrich the soil and stop the desert in its tracks.
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