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Farmers return home for a midday break after tending to their fields in the morning. They will return later in the day to continue working their fields at Kom Hamada, a village 100 kilometers north of Cairo in Egypt’s fertile Delta region. Kom Hamada is one of many villages in the fertile Delta region which have already seen a decrease in water due to receding waters from the Nile. Farmers fear if the Renaissance Dam is complete in Ethiopia, their livelihoods will be greatly affected. Sima Diab for The Washington Post
Farmers in Egypt are worried the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam upstream of the Nile in Ethiopia will affect water supply in Egypt. They have already adapted water conservation methods to combat the potential loss. Photographed for The Washington Post September 2020
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![A tributary of water from the Nile that irrigates some of the farms at Kom Hamada, a village 100 kilometers north of Cairo in Egypt’s fertile Delta region. Kom Hamada is one of many villages in the fertile Delta region which have already seen a decrease i]()
A tributary of water from the Nile that irrigates some of the farms at Kom Hamada, a village 100 kilometers north of Cairo in Egypt’s fertile Delta region. Kom Hamada is one of many villages in the fertile Delta region which have already seen a decrease in water due to receding waters from the Nile. Farmers fear if the Renaissance Dam is complete in Ethiopia, their livelihoods will be greatly affected. Sima Diab for The Washington Post
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![A child walks through a field of recently turned soil after the rice harvest at the farms at Kom Hamada, a village 100 kilometers north of Cairo in Egypt’s fertile Delta region. Kom Hamada is one of many villages in the fertile Delta region which have alr]()
A child walks through a field of recently turned soil after the rice harvest at the farms at Kom Hamada, a village 100 kilometers north of Cairo in Egypt’s fertile Delta region. Kom Hamada is one of many villages in the fertile Delta region which have already seen a decrease in water due to receding waters from the Nile. Farmers fear if the Renaissance Dam is complete in Ethiopia, their livelihoods will be greatly affected. Sima Diab for The Washington Post
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![A farmer shows the piping of the drip irrigation of strawberry farms in Kom Hamada, around 100 kilometers north of Cairo, Egypt in Egypt’s fertile Delta region. Drip irrigation has been implemented throughout the farmlands as a means to conserve water dur]()
A farmer shows the piping of the drip irrigation of strawberry farms in Kom Hamada, around 100 kilometers north of Cairo, Egypt in Egypt’s fertile Delta region. Drip irrigation has been implemented throughout the farmlands as a means to conserve water during the irrigation process. Kom Hamada is one of many villages in the fertile Delta region which have already seen a decrease in water due to receding waters from the Nile. Farmers fear if the Renaissance Dam is complete in Ethiopia, their livelihoods will be greatly affected. Sima Diab for The Washington Post
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Rice after the harvest, being dried at the farms in Kom Hamada, around 100 kilometers north of Cairo, Egypt in Egypt’s fertile Delta region. Kom Hamada is one of many villages in the fertile Delta region which have already seen a decrease in water due to receding waters from the Nile. Farmers fear if the Renaissance Dam is complete in Ethiopia, their livelihoods will be greatly affected. Sima Diab for The Washington Post
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Rice growing at the farms in Kom Hamada, around 100 kilometers north of Cairo, Egypt in Egypt’s fertile Delta region. Drip irrigation has been implemented throughout the farmlands as a means to conserve water during the irrigation process. Kom Hamada is one of many villages in the fertile Delta region which have already seen a decrease in water due to receding waters from the Nile. Farmers fear if the Renaissance Dam is complete in Ethiopia, their livelihoods will be greatly affected. Sima Diab for The Washington Post
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![Mohamed Abdelkhaleq, 69, a farmer from Kom Hamada, a village 100 kilometers north of Cairo in Egypt’s fertile Delta region, poses for a portrait on his farm. Kom Hamada is one of many villages in the fertile Delta region which have already seen a decrease]()
Mohamed Abdelkhaleq, 69, a farmer from Kom Hamada, a village 100 kilometers north of Cairo in Egypt’s fertile Delta region, poses for a portrait on his farm. Kom Hamada is one of many villages in the fertile Delta region which have already seen a decrease in water due to receding waters from the Nile. Farmers fear if the Renaissance Dam is complete in Ethiopia, their livelihoods will be greatly affected. Sima Diab for The Washington Post
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![Mohamed Abdelkhaleq, 69, a farmer from Kom Hamada, a village 100 kilometers north of Cairo in Egypt’s fertile Delta region, poses for a portrait on his farm. Kom Hamada is one of many villages in the fertile Delta region which have already seen a decrease]()
Mohamed Abdelkhaleq, 69, a farmer from Kom Hamada, a village 100 kilometers north of Cairo in Egypt’s fertile Delta region, poses for a portrait on his farm. Kom Hamada is one of many villages in the fertile Delta region which have already seen a decrease in water due to receding waters from the Nile. Farmers fear if the Renaissance Dam is complete in Ethiopia, their livelihoods will be greatly affected. Sima Diab for The Washington Post
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Rice after the harvest, being dried at the farms in Kom Hamada, around 100 kilometers north of Cairo, Egypt in Egypt’s fertile Delta region. Kom Hamada is one of many villages in the fertile Delta region which have already seen a decrease in water due to receding waters from the Nile. Farmers fear if the Renaissance Dam is complete in Ethiopia, their livelihoods will be greatly affected. Sima Diab for The Washington Post
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Rice after the harvest, being dried at the farms in Kom Hamada, around 100 kilometers north of Cairo, Egypt in Egypt’s fertile Delta region. Kom Hamada is one of many villages in the fertile Delta region which have already seen a decrease in water due to receding waters from the Nile. Farmers fear if the Renaissance Dam is complete in Ethiopia, their livelihoods will be greatly affected. Sima Diab for The Washington Post
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Rice plant growing in the farms at Kom Hamada, around 100 kilometers north of Cairo, Egypt in Egypt’s fertile Delta region. Kom Hamada is one of many villages in the fertile Delta region which have already seen a decrease in water due to receding waters from the Nile. Farmers fear if the Renaissance Dam is complete in Ethiopia, their livelihoods will be greatly affected. Sima Diab for The Washington Post
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Rice plant growing in the farms at Kom Hamada, around 100 kilometers north of Cairo, Egypt in Egypt’s fertile Delta region. Kom Hamada is one of many villages in the fertile Delta region which have already seen a decrease in water due to receding waters from the Nile. Farmers fear if the Renaissance Dam is complete in Ethiopia, their livelihoods will be greatly affected. Sima Diab for The Washington Post
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Rice after the harvest, being dried at the farms in Kom Hamada, around 100 kilometers north of Cairo, Egypt in Egypt’s fertile Delta region. Kom Hamada is one of many villages in the fertile Delta region which have already seen a decrease in water due to receding waters from the Nile. Farmers fear if the Renaissance Dam is complete in Ethiopia, their livelihoods will be greatly affected. Sima Diab for The Washington Post
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A dog guards sheep grazing at the farms at Kom Hamada, a village 100 kilometers north of Cairo in Egypt’s fertile Delta region. Kom Hamada is one of many villages in the fertile Delta region which have already seen a decrease in water due to receding waters from the Nile. Farmers fear if the Renaissance Dam is complete in Ethiopia, their livelihoods will be greatly affected. Sima Diab for The Washington Post
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![Children sit outside a home in the agricultural village of Kom Hamada in Beheira about 100 kilometers north of Cairo, Egypt. Kom Hamada is one of many villages in the fertile Delta region which have already seen a decrease in water due to receding waters]()
Children sit outside a home in the agricultural village of Kom Hamada in Beheira about 100 kilometers north of Cairo, Egypt. Kom Hamada is one of many villages in the fertile Delta region which have already seen a decrease in water due to receding waters from the Nile. Farmers fear if the Renaissance Dam is complete in Ethiopia, their livelihoods will be greatly affected. Sima Diab for The Washington Post
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Rice that has been dried, picked and packaged rice that will be ready for processing at Kom Hamada, a village 100 kilometers north of Cairo in Egypt’s fertile Delta region. Kom Hamada is one of many villages in the fertile Delta region which have already seen a decrease in water due to receding waters from the Nile. Farmers fear if the Renaissance Dam is complete in Ethiopia, their livelihoods will be greatly affected. Sima Diab for The Washington Post
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![Reda Abdulaziz, a farmer from Kom Hamada, a village 100 kilometers north of Cairo in Egypt’s fertile Delta region, poses for a portrait among the rice fields of his village. Kom Hamada is one of many villages in the fertile Delta region which have already]()
Reda Abdulaziz, a farmer from Kom Hamada, a village 100 kilometers north of Cairo in Egypt’s fertile Delta region, poses for a portrait among the rice fields of his village. Kom Hamada is one of many villages in the fertile Delta region which have already seen a decrease in water due to receding waters from the Nile. Farmers fear if the Renaissance Dam is complete in Ethiopia, their livelihoods will be greatly affected. Sima Diab for The Washington Post
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![Reda Abdulaziz, a farmer from Kom Hamada, a village 100 kilometers north of Cairo in Egypt’s fertile Delta region, poses for a portrait among the rice fields of his village. Kom Hamada is one of many villages in the fertile Delta region which have already]()
Reda Abdulaziz, a farmer from Kom Hamada, a village 100 kilometers north of Cairo in Egypt’s fertile Delta region, poses for a portrait among the rice fields of his village. Kom Hamada is one of many villages in the fertile Delta region which have already seen a decrease in water due to receding waters from the Nile. Farmers fear if the Renaissance Dam is complete in Ethiopia, their livelihoods will be greatly affected. Sima Diab for The Washington Post