In Laos alone, the area under irrigation increased eightfold in the 1990s.

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Past fields of sugar cane and a network of narrow irrigation ditches, a narrow pass leads to a flat area surrounded by hills.

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"It is very difficult to state an economic figure for such a large area when so much damage has been done to vineyards, orchards, farmland, irrigation systems and the local bush" said Winelands chief fire officer Donny Wilds.

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Rolando, a young infantryman in our area of responsibility, won over local farmers by spontaneously shedding his equipment and helping them dig irrigation ditches one day while on patrol.

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