Bagre Dam’s Annual Floods: Scientists seek a lasting solution as Northern Ghana’s farmers count the cost
Every year, the waters released from Burkina Faso’s Bagré Dam threaten to turn the hopes of northern Ghana’s farming communities into heartbreak. Crops nurtured for months can disappear beneath floodwater, homes can become uninhabitable, livelihoods can collapse, and families can be forced to abandon the land they call home.