Iraq: Iraq Bans Farming Summer Crops as Water Crisis Grows Dire

Jul 5, 2018 | Philip Issa, Associated Press
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Iraq has banned its farmers from planting summer crops this year as the country grapples with a crippling water shortage that shows few signs of abating. Citing high temperatures and insufficient rains, Dhafer Abdalla, an adviser to Iraq’s Ministry of Water Resources, told The Associated Press that the country has only enough water to irrigate half its farmland this summer.