its way further south. Drip irrigation works for a while, but eventually salts build up and some sort of salt collection system is needed. Central California built a salt collection system, but it was never finished and fell out of use. Also lots of power will be needed to pump water. A TWe or so just for Africa to start. Perhaps several TWe because once power becomes available, it gets used for other things besides irrigation. When power and water become too expensive, the farmer is the first to be forced out. All this is serious infrastructure, particularly shipping water from Europe or Turkey. I fear idology will get in the way of real progress. Less people would be a good strategy for starters. How did they justify their ineffectual lifestyles before Western NGOs? I disagree with another commenter who claimed the only Somalian product is more people. They've also managed to collect a considerable number of pirated vessels and goods in recent years, they can start trading those back for food. Don't like it? Eat sand. The never-ending cycle of sub-Saharan famine crisis followed by Aid Agency appeals followed by a lull that lurches once more into another crisis is reminiscent of the failed efforts to rehabilitate an alcoholic; the small army of co-dependents around our victim are as much part of the problem as the alcoholic. One would think that after all these years of collecting money, throwing it at the problem whilst the problem grows would have