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Egypt fines farmers for wasting water as Nile dam crisis drags on

Cairo has begun fining farmers for inefficient irrigation practices as it promotes a series of projects to enhance water security.

Egyptian farmer Mohamed Omar (C), 65, supplies his farmland with water from a canal, fed by the Nile river, in the village of Baharmis on the outskirts of Egypt's Giza province, northwest of the capital Cairo, on December 1, 2019. - Egypt has for years been suffering from a severe water crisis that is largely blamed on population growth. Mounting anxiety has gripped the already-strained farmers as the completion of Ethiopia's gigantic dam on the Blue Nile, a key tributary of the Nile, draws nearer. Egypt vi
Egyptian farmer Mohamed Omar (C), 65, supplies his field with water from a canal fed by the Nile River in the village of Baharmis on the outskirts of Egypt's Giza province, northwest of the capital Cairo, on Dec. 1, 2019. — KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images

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