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Jordans Farmers Struggle to Weather Climate Change
2013-11-05 09:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Abu Waleed isn`t quite sure where to begin his litany of grievances. Bugs that chomp their way through the mint he grows, or the dry well that forces him to pump water from a half kilometre away? Or perhaps the 160 dinars he spent on spinach seeds only to see scant growth after planting. For the small community of farmers in the Zarqa river basin east of the capital Amman, industrial development, poor resource management and climate change have converged to create a perfect storm of problems that...
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