Year
1991
Distributor
Central Independent Television ; Connected Media Trust
Country
US
Video Standard
NTSC
OCLC
154158682
Language
ENG
A comprehensive look at the problems of agriculture in the wake of twenty years of drought in the Sahel on the southern edge of the Sahara. Focuses on United Nations and other foreign agricultural assistance projects in Mali and the positive and negative results they have achieved. Suggested audience: secondary
The Niger River brings life to the countries on the southern edge of the Sahara, known as Sahel. Timbuktu lies on the western edge of Sahel, where 25 million people face starvation. 1/3 of Mali's GNP consists of foreign aid. Because nomadic herders are losing their grazing land to the desert, plans are being made to divert Niger River water to this area to permit the growing of crops
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