Several crops of corn can be planted each year because the summer season is long and there is plenty of sunshine. Some people live by fishing from small boats in the Nile. A pump which supplies water to the demonstration farm in Bayad El Arab. People traditionally only engaged in agriculture within 500 meters of the bank of the Nile where there is a good water supply. But it is very difficult to engage in agriculture further than 500 meters from the Nile.
Water is the key factor for agriculture on the east side of the Nile.
The Sahara agricultural technology exihibition. We observed several kinds of new equipment for irrigation systems. 1.The original irrigation system used one pump that fed a very long distribution system and was vulnerable to common brown outs because of its dependence on electricity. Construction of the Water Reservoir Tank for the Irrigation System 5. Village people digging a hole for the water tank.