Recently returned from a trip to Egypt, Jude Petheram shares some of her observations and views on the plight of the ordinary Egyptian farmers in the Nile Valley.

Farmers everywhere know the value of water, especially those living along the banks of the Nile River in Egypt.

Farming along the fertile banks of the Nile is still the same as it has been for centuries...

The Nile Valley — where ancient meets modern, Stuff, New Zealand, July 27, 2005.