The Hadeija-Nguru wetlands are in danger of drying up. Irrigation projects of successive governments may spell the end of the traditional life-style of these people, who are dependent on the river for their drinking water, their baths and their laundry. Virtually all rain falls in August and September. It allows fish to breed, cattle to graze and farmers to grow crops. Diverting water to irrigate desert margins elsewhere could turn these wetlands into a dust bowl.

A father and son work the land at a lakeside village. Like the nomadic herdsmen, they bemoan the loss of water. The Hadeija-Nguru wetlands are in danger of drying up. Irrigation projects of successive governments may spell the end of the traditional life-style of these people, who are dependent on the river for their drinking water, their baths and their laundry. Virtually all rain falls in August and September. It allows fish to breed, cattle to graze and farmers to grow crops. Diverting water to irrigate desert margins elsewhere could turn these wetlands into a dust bowl.

At the Gorgoram fishing festival, fishermen climb on calabashes to spread their nets. The catch was considerably down on last year's. The Hadeija-Nguru wetlands are in danger of drying up. Irrigation projects of successive governments may spell the end of the traditional life-style of these people, who are dependent on the river for their drinking water, their baths and their laundry. Virtually all rain falls in August and September. It allows fish to breed, cattle to graze and farmers to grow crops. Diverting water to irrigate desert margins elsewhere could turn these wetlands into a dust bowl.

Nomadic herdsmen bemoan the loss of water. The Hadeija-Nguru wetlands are in danger of drying up. Irrigation projects of successive governments may spell the end of the traditional life-style of these people, who are dependent on the river for their drinking water, their baths and their laundry. Virtually all rain falls in August and September. It allows fish to breed, cattle to graze and farmers to grow crops. Diverting water to irrigate desert margins elsewhere could turn these wetlands into a dust bowl.

The two-stroke pumps which have replaced traditional irrigation devices drain lakes and rivers ten times as fast. The Hadeija-Nguru wetlands are in danger of drying up. Irrigation projects of successive governments may spell the end of the traditional life-style of these people, who are dependent on the river for their drinking water, their baths and their laundry. Virtually all rain falls in August and September. It allows fish to breed, cattle to graze and farmers to grow crops. Diverting water to irrigate desert margins elsewhere could turn these wetlands into a dust bowl.

The Hadeija-Nguru wetlands are in danger of drying up. Irrigation projects of successive governments may spell the end of the traditional life-style of these people, who are dependent on the river for their drinking water, their baths and their laundry. Virtually all rain falls in August and September. It allows fish to breed, cattle to graze and farmers to grow crops. Diverting water to irrigate desert margins elsewhere could turn these wetlands into a dust bowl.

The Hadeija-Nguru wetlands are in danger of drying up. Irrigation projects of successive governments may spell the end of the traditional life-style of these people, who are dependent on the river for their drinking water, their baths and their laundry. Virtually all rain falls in August and September. It allows fish to breed, cattle to graze and farmers to grow crops. Diverting water to irrigate desert margins elsewhere could turn these wetlands into a dust bowl.

The Hadeija-Nguru wetlands are in danger of drying up. Irrigation projects of successive governments may spell the end of the traditional life-style of these people, who are dependent on the river for their drinking water, their baths and their laundry. Virtually all rain falls in August and September. It allows fish to breed, cattle to graze and farmers to grow crops. Diverting water to irrigate desert margins elsewhere could turn these wetlands into a dust bowl.

The Hadeija-Nguru wetlands are in danger of drying up. Irrigation projects of successive governments may spell the end of the traditional life-style of these people, who are dependent on the river for their drinking water, their baths and their laundry. Virtually all rain falls in August and September. It allows fish to breed, cattle to graze and farmers to grow crops. Diverting water to irrigate desert margins elsewhere could turn these wetlands into a dust bowl.

The Hadeija-Nguru wetlands are in danger of drying up. Irrigation projects of successive governments may spell the end of the traditional life-style of these people, who are dependent on the river for their drinking water, their baths and their laundry. Virtually all rain falls in August and September. It allows fish to breed, cattle to graze and farmers to grow crops. Diverting water to irrigate desert margins elsewhere could turn these wetlands into a dust bowl.

The Hadeija-Nguru wetlands are in danger of drying up. Irrigation projects of successive governments may spell the end of the traditional life-style of these people, who are dependent on the river for their drinking water, their baths and their laundry. Virtually all rain falls in August and September. It allows fish to breed, cattle to graze and farmers to grow crops. Diverting water to irrigate desert margins elsewhere could turn these wetlands into a dust bowl.

The Hadeija-Nguru wetlands are in danger of drying up. Irrigation projects of successive governments may spell the end of the traditional life-style of these people, who are dependent on the river for their drinking water, their baths and their laundry. Virtually all rain falls in August and September. It allows fish to breed, cattle to graze and farmers to grow crops. Diverting water to irrigate desert margins elsewhere could turn these wetlands into a dust bowl.

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