Drought-hit Jordan ‘critical’ as water sources dry up

  • Date: 06-May-2021
  • Source: Kuwait Times
  • Sector:Agriculture
  • Country:Jordan
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Drought-hit Jordan ‘critical’ as water sources dry up

GHOR AL-HADITHA, Jordan: Ahmad Daoud surveyed his shriveled tomato plants near the Dead Sea in Jordan, where severe drought in what is already one of the world’s most water-deficient countries is hitting hard. “Look at how the land thirsts,” he said, walking on cracked earth stained with white salt patches, waving at the five hectares […]

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GHOR AL-HADITHA, Jordan: Ahmad Daoud surveyed his shriveled tomato plants near the Dead Sea in Jordan, where severe drought in what is already one of the world’s most water-deficient countries is hitting hard. “Look at how the land thirsts,” he said, walking on cracked earth stained with white salt patches, waving at the five hectares […]