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North Africa braces for a dangerously dry future

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A farmer connects pipes for drip irrigation at his farm on the outskirts of Tunis. [VOA]

At his farm on the outskirts of Tunis, Karim Daoud is taking steps to accommodate a climate-changed future.

The cows now munching his hay are being phased out and replaced by more sustainable goats and sheep. His olive grove is watered by drip irrigation and ever-scarcer rains and Daoud is diversifying a traditional family business to include agricultural tourism.

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