Cote d’Ivoire: Giving a Dam – Cultivating Peace in Côte d’Ivoire

Adam Ouattara and Makongo Traoré have four children and a home on the edge of Torla village in Côte d’Ivoire. He herds cattle. She grows vegetables on a small plot nearby. For years, the dry season pitted their two livelihoods against each other.

As grazing land and water points dried up, Mr. Ouattara and other herders have had to push their cattle farther from the village, often straight through cultivated fields.

Damaged crops led to disputes with farmers, a familiar dry-season strain across…