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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 88386, member: 27"] An irrigation system bankrolled by the IMF is about to change the game for women farmers in Bakau who have been hand-watering crops forever. IMF backs Bakau Women's Garden [LIST] [*]Deputy Director General Bo Li presented the donation personally. [*]Sally Kaba, garden president, called the support perfectly timed. [*]Erratic rainfall and manual watering plagued farmers for years. [*]A symbolic tree got planted to mark the partnership. [/LIST] Climate resilience and gender focus [LIST] [*]Small-scale women farmers catch the worst climate impacts. [*]A reliable water supply should boost productivity significantly. [*]Gender inclusion remains a core IMF program priority. [*]Youth farming participation is another target of intervention. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]