Voices Of The Field: Enhanced irrigation systems to avert desertification and boost local farmers’ livelihoods

“Many farmers had no other choice but to abandon their lands, due to damaged pumping sets... Look at them today! They were given access to a sustainable source of irrigation and can finally return to cultivate their land.” Said Abd Arrazaq Kharfan, Head of the Water User Association in Al Masrab, Deir Ez-Zor Governorate.