"I can't do anything with my land because of the lack of water," he said. "But these last 10 years there has always been a lack of water. Engineer Cherif Guesmi says that he has seen "terrifying climate change" during a decade working at the dam. But he insisted that "farming has a future in Tunisia, although we will need to move towards very specific crops... that can deal with a lack of water and to climate change". For Fileli, any solution may come too late to save his business -- and the farming career of his son, aged 20.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 15, 2021 05:17 UTC