Gamberi

{{short description|Area on the outskirts of Jalalabad, Afghanistan}}

Gamberi ({{langx|ps|جمبېرۍ}}) is an area on the outskirts of Jalalabad in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan.

In the past, the area used to be a forest of indigenous bushes, but deforestation during the War in Afghanistan (since 1978) led to desertification and erosion of agricultural fields.{{Cite web|url=https://www.af.undp.org/content/afghanistan/en/home/ourwork/environmentandenergy/successstories/Ref-Jalalabad.html|title=From the Spent and Unconsidered Earth – a Forest!|website=United Nations Development Programme|access-date=13 December 2019}} In 2000, a drought hit the region which resulted in multiplications of diseases due to malnutrition and lack of water.{{cite web|title=Water, Not Weapons – Special Programs – TV Programs – NHK WORLD – English|url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/special/episode/201702040810.html|language=en|accessdate=11 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212092812/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/special/episode/201702040810.html|archive-date=12 February 2017|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Japanese doctor made the Afghan deserts green, until deadly attack|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-attack-japan-nakamura/japanese-doctor-made-the-afghan-deserts-green-until-deadly-attack-idUSKBN1Y90LK|work=Reuters|language=en|accessdate=11 February 2017}} In 2003, the Japanese-Afghan physician Tetsu Nakamura started building irrigation canals in the region.{{Cite web|url=http://osro502.org/site/article.aspx?id=36|title=OSRO|website=osro502.org|access-date=11 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212104946/http://osro502.org/site/article.aspx?id=36|archive-date=12 February 2017|url-status=dead}} He drew inspiration from the irrigation canals that had been built in his native Fukuoka, southwest Japan, more than 200 years ago without the aid of modern equipment.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/04/world/asia/afghanistan-tetsu-nakamura-dead.html|title='He Showed Us Life': Japanese Doctor Who Brought Water to Afghans Is Killed|last=Ghazi|first=Zabihullah|date=4 December 2019|work=The New York Times|access-date=5 December 2019|last2=Mashal|first2=Mujib|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|last3=Abed|first3=Fahim}} Nakamura built or restored nine canals, irrigating 16,000 hectares and supporting the livelihood of 600,000 people. It turned the area into lush forests and productive wheat farmlands.