The seasonal ponds receded after the rainy season. The farmers crop the flood plain which offers a new, fascinating sight at the very height of the dry season. - - Integrated Development Project in Keita: GCP/NER/032/ITA. Keita district is one of seven districts that make up the department of Tahoua in the central Niger. Village elders still recall when the land was covered with fertile pastures and abundant fauna and flora. But, by the early 1980 the district was on the v