Water management in the irrigated zones of the Maghreb

Since the recurrent droughts of 1999 and 2003, water, source of life and the motor for agricultural development, is scarce in the Maghreb. In order to illustrate the struggle farmers are facing with this shortage, four DVDs have been made within the framework of the Sirma and Wademed projects, which are dedicated to water management in the irrigated zones in Algeria and Morocco. Portraits, stories, trajectories of young rural people, men and women, reveal their daily lives. The films depict the successes, failures and projects resolutely looking to the future.

• Our land is worth gold (in French)
  École régionale des Beaux-arts Mostaganem (Mostaganem regional school of fine art) and Sirma project
  26 min
  Conception, production and pictures: Abderrahmane Mostefa

• Tomorrow still needs doing (in French)
  ENSA (Alger) and Sirma project
  26 min
  Conception, production and pictures: Abderrahmane Mostefa

The two films, Our land is worth gold and Tomorrow still needs doing , were shown at the Lama rural film festival in Haute-Corse.

• Water and life in the irrigated zones in Morocco: Joined by Water (in French)
  École nationale d’agriculture de Meknes (Meknes national school of agriculture) and Institut agronomique et vétérinaire Hassan II (agronomic and veterinary institute Hassan II)
  In the framework of the Wademed project
  Conception and production: Hassan Kemmoun

• Water and life in the irrigated zones in Morocco II: Destiny within reach (in French)
  École nationale d’agriculture de Meknes and Sirma project
  In the framework of the Wademed project
  Conception and production: Hassan Kemmoun

The two films, Joined by Water and Destiny within reach , can be seen on the Sirma project website.