Drought-hit Jordan critical as water sources dry up
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06/05/2021 - 04:14 Water levels in the Dead Sea are dropping dramatically as Jordan is hit by a severe drought Khalil MAZRAAWI AFP 4 min
Ghor al-Haditha (Jordanie) (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. 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.
Ahmad Daoud studied tomato plants near the Jordan Dead Sea, which is already hit hard by the severe drought in the countries with the most water in the world.
“Look how thirsty the land is,” he said, walking over the cracked ground stained with white salt stains, shaking off five acres (12 acres) of his farm. “Everything I planted is dead.”
He inspected the marble-sized tomato, which had dried before ripening.
“If there was water, this tomato would be as big as my fist,” he said.
Daoud, 25, rents land in Ghor al-Hadith, about 80 kilometers south of the capital Amman.
The fertile areas are home to many market gardens, but the drought has had a major impact.
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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.
Govt to introduce climate change as subject in curriculum
National
May 4, 2021
Islamabad: The climate change ministry has planned to introduce the subject of climate change in the educational institutions with an aim to aware younger generation about this looming danger to this planet earth.
According to the details, the ministry thinks that the education system in Pakistan is insufficient to effectively focus on climate change that is posing grave threats to natural environment and food security of Pakistan.
The ministry would take the provinces into confidence and convince them to introduce climate change as a subject from the school to university level. The decision has been taken in line with the National Climate Change Policy 2012 that also stressed to make the climate change a compulsory subject in education curriculum.