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A Jordanian woman harvests green beans at a farm in Ghor al-Haditha, around 80km south of the capital Amman, April 20, 2021. (Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP)
GHOR AL-HADITHA, Jordan (AFP) 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 (12 acres) of his farm. “Everything I planted… is dead.”
He inspected a tomato the size of a marble that had dried up before it ripened.
Jordanian farmer Ahmad Daoud, 25, shows tomato plant that have partially dried up because of severe drought, at the land which he rents in Ghor al-Haditha, around 80km (50 miles) south of the capital Amman, on April 20, 2021. – Experts say Jordan is now in the grip of one of the most severe droughts in its history, but many warn the worst is yet to come. The country’s environment ministry says it is among the world’s most four water-deficient countries, and fears that a heating planet will make the situation more severe. (Photo by Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP)
Ahmad Daoud surveyed his shrivelled 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.