As saltwater advances, Gambian farmers rethink how to protect rice fields

Mongabay
Sep 10, 2026, 11:42 am118 pts
Every year, the villagers of Kiang Jifarong contribute labor and money to build earthen dikes using clay and mud in an effort to keep seawater out of their farms. Rice fields once stretched unbroken for 5 kilometers, about 3 miles, along the Bintang Bolong estuary here in western Gambia. For generations,…

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