Syria’s climate-scorched wheat fields feed – Roya News English
- Date: 06-Jun-2022
- Source: Roya News
- Sector:Oil & Gas
- Country:Middle East
Syria’s climate-scorched wheat fields feed – Roya News English
Moussa Fatimi's wheat field was once part of a thriving Syrian breadbasket. Now, he can't even grow enough to feed his family, and the land has been turned over to animals.
Fatimi's crop has withered from a climate crisis, adding to fears of supply shortages sparked by the war in Ukraine as Syria grapples with record-high rates of food insecurity.
"For the second year in a row, we face drought," Fatimi, 85, told AFP at his parched plot.