Had it not been for groundwater reserves that dot the area, the drought-stricken region would probably be uninhabitable for any life. 

The Eastern part of Rwanda had been an underutilized land for decades before the government found a use, turning it into the country’s breadbasket through irrigation. Farmers have traditionally irrigated rice by lowering groundwater into marshlands by digging drains. They typically build unsaturated zones between drains by piling up excavated soil. When groundwater levels drop […]