GEN Solution Library/Lack of water in desert

About the challenge

<< In French below >> The Fougara is a system of water irrigation which was invented to quantify and measure the necessary water for each plant in the desert. It is a complexed system which goes back a long time and used by our ancestors to use the water wisely. This system is inspired from what we call Qanats in Iran.

Description

La fougara est un systeme d'irrigation de l'eau invente pour permettre de quantifier l'eau necessaire pour les differentes plantations dans le desert. C'est un systeme complexe et tres ingenieux qui remonte quelques centaines d'annees. C'est un systeme unique dans le Sahara que l'on trouve dans les Oasis du Gourara pres de Timumoun. Ce systeme d'irrigation est inspire des Qanats en Iran.

Areas of impact

  • Ecology
    • Seeds, Food & Soil
    • Water Cycles
  • Economy
    • Sharing & Collaboration

See also

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Authors Ernesto Sun
License CC-BY-SA-4.0
Organizations Global Ecovillages NetworkGEN Africa
Ported from https://www.ecovillage.org/solution/lack-of-water-in-desert/ (original)
Cite as Ernesto Sun (2025). "GEN Solution Library/Lack of water in desert". Appropedia. Retrieved février 26, 2026.
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