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“People see their fertile land and disappear year after year”
In drought-stricken Iraq, six in 10 families have noticed their water supplies cut off and a quarter of farmers have noticed farm yields falling sharply this year, according to a survey released Monday.
Iraq has been hit by 3 years of drought (low rainfall and reduced river flows) and the United Nations has ranked it as the fifth country with some key effects of climate change.
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), an aid organization active in the oil-rich but war-torn country, surveyed 1,341 families in five provinces in August, Basra, Nineveh and Anbar.
“We are seeing the continued damage caused by the climate and water crisis in Iraq,” James Munn, country director at NRC, said in a statement released alongside the survey results.
“People see their fertile soil and disappear year after year. “
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