Every farmer deserves to work in a good condition this is why in Afikpo where I live our elders reserved some flowing and stone waters to help farmer stay strong as they farm.
Our farmland were all forest in the past but it was our elders who struggled with wide animals before they secured the land for our farming. Most our elders couldn't make it alive as some wife animals killed them but those who are living today are happy because they see how their children are farming comfortably with good farm harvesting.
As of the time our forefathers saw how our parents usually farm from morning to evening. They saw that they were suffering because of lack of water to keep their farming going. All the elders agreed to go to the farm which they have opened for farming. Their plan were to search for a clean water to keep the people active when farming. I am happy that in all our forefathers discovered so many stone and flowing rivers. The flowing and stones waters were reserved for drinking by farmers.
With all the good effort our forefathers did to make farming more convenient for farmers Afikpo is one of the best farming environment to farm. We may not have fertile land but we have a clean water and even transportation means that makes farming more convenient.
When we go to farm, we don't usually carry water anymore because we have enough reserved stone and flowing waters. When we farm and the weather becomes hot we easily go to the flowing river to relax after pouring water on our body. After pouring and relaxing in the flowing river we'll drink or fetch the quantity of water we need.
One another important of having water around farmland is that sometimes, raining season don't usually come very early and even if it comes it can give much gap than usual. When we're faced with such challenges we already have a flowing river which we usually fetch and pour to our farm land.