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village
a millet field
ready for rain
last year’s millet field
fenced field
stockpond
Trees along a
watercourse
indicate the
presence
of clay
soils; these
are farmed
into the dry
season, in
what is
termed
“flood
recession
agriculture.”
economically-valuable
trees
A typical central Sahelian scene: Burkina Faso, 4/95 (wet-season rains generally begin a month later).
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