“If my plot floods, my crops spoil, and I will be left without a livelihood for the year.”įlood barriers are a common local approach to protect land from flooding.
Like many people in the area, Ataev says he has to build temporary barriers around his property to protect it from floods and prevent losses of essential crops. “Since we are so close to the river, we experience flooding every year,” says Ataev. He also raises livestock and tends to his household vegetable garden - all of which relies on the Murghab, a transboundary river that flows from Afghanistan to Turkmenistan. He is a third generation farmer, growing wheat and cotton on his ancestral land.
“When there are floods, we have to build barriers to keep our land safe,” says Ataev Maksat, a 35-year old farmer from Saryyazy, a village in Mary, Turkmenistan. A Clean Riverbed is Changing the Lives of Turkmen Farmers
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