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Samir, an Egyptian farmer stands with his cow on the edge of his rice field August 05, 2008 in the Egyptian Delta town of Sidi Salem. The field is one which has been helped by a cooperative partnership between Egyptian government and the GTZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit), a federally owned German company that promotes infrastructure development. GTZ works to help Egyptian farmers improve irrigation techniques to conserve scarce water sources in the face of growing demand...

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Copyright: Scott Nelson 2008
Image Size: 4087x2725 / 5.0MB; agriculture conservation Samir crisis crops Delta Deputy Minister economy Egypt experimental farmers farming farms food governate government Hussein al-Atfy irrigation Kafr el-Sheik Nile poverty rice rural water
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Samir, an Egyptian farmer stands with his cow on the edge of his rice field August 05, 2008 in the Egyptian Delta town of Sidi Salem. The field is one which has been helped by a cooperative partnership between Egyptian government and the GTZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit), a federally owned German company that promotes infrastructure development. GTZ works to help Egyptian farmers improve irrigation techniques to conserve scarce water sources in the face of growing demand...