Their farms are small, perhaps one hectare (2.5 acres) or less.

Moreover, Mali Yang locals had to give up their farms in order for roads, also part of the project, to be constructed.

Food insecurity is brought about by the population's inability to access their farmlands because of fear of attacks from the militia.

The fence is not only a physical reminder of the divide between the area's peoples, but also a cause of suffering for innocent Palestinians who are cut off from their fields, their jobs, and their families.

Farmers should also look beyond their own farms, and participate in efforts of the whole rural sector to mitigate climate change.

And window farmers in Finland have been customizing their window farms for the dark days of the Finnish winters by outfitting them with LED grow lights that they're now making open source and part of the project.

When such aid is made available quickly, former soldiers will return to their farms, and can establish a livelihood by the beginning of the first growing season following the end of hostilities.

Some Tang Phare villagers, because they could not immediately find a source of income in the resettlement area, continued to grow crops on their farms in their old village. But they were quickly arrested, though the authorities later released them.

To make it easy for them, however, he had written to them asking that they put up a signal for him when the train passed their little farm on the outskirts of town.

The second step was to organize cash for work projects that built dams, rehabilitated springs, and constructed roads, thereby helping people to strengthen their small farms and improve their resilience to future droughts.