Tunisian ‘hanging garden’ farms cling on despite drought

Sep 19 2022

• DJEBBA, Tunisia — High in the hills of northwestern Tunisia, farmers are tending thousands of fig trees with a unique system of terracing they hope will protect them from ever-harsher droughts. • But the “hanging gardens” of Djebba El-Olia have been put to the test this year as the North African country sweltered through […]