In countries like Niger and Mauritania, the [?] of land has changed little in the
past several centuries. Additionally, these countries’ mono-modal rainfall pattern
brings [?] for only three months during the year. As a result, food production
doesn’t nearly meet demand.
Several agencies and organizations have [?] their efforts to increase the
productivity of land in these countries. They have introduced new strains of seed,
improved [?] techniques, and introduced new methods of [?]
and soil management. With ample sunlight for [?] and modern
irrigation techniques, sustainable farming techniques should allow farmers to
boost [?] production in order to meet demand.
Still, crop revitalization faces an unexpected [?]: institutional incompetence.
Where crop specialists have convinced individual farmers to [?] old farming
techniques in place of new, they can’t readily [?] the governmental cooperation they
need. The biggest hurdles are political corruption, incompetence, and the absence of a
marketing infrastructure.