Darren Richardson, the United States Department of Agriculture advisor for the Farah Provincial Reconstruction Team, measures the progress made on the Yazdeh Canal reconstruction project, which is sponsored by the PRT, Jan. 7, Farah province, Afghanistan. The canal, which supplies 15 villages in the province with water, is being enhanced with a Gabion structure; the structure has a wire-rim base that is filled with rocks to prevent erosion and to avert flooding issues.