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Iraq Farmers Turn To Groundwater To Boost Desert Yield
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4/25/2025
Iraqi wheat farmers have turned to drilling wells in the desert to help sustain the country's agriculture, using equipment to water crops through sprinklers.
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in Iraq's dry deserts farmers are turning to ground water to grow wheat like Hadi
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sahib who switched from rainwater to pivot sprinklers in 2013 he says without ground
00:21
water and drilling wells continuing would be impossible
00:25
this modern method uses far less water
00:55
than traditional flooding but it's not without risk
01:01
monim Shahid from Nadja's agricultural direct rate warns that while farmers see
01:06
big returns we must conserve and regulate groundwater to prevent depletion
01:11
taba nila al-fala ha no one issue for no more dude to sadi cabirum was a hot to
01:17
zara bi-shakel cabiru kimmy at in touch alia kid raha t-con at the rabbi
01:21
bi-an yizrach a cb-m saha yuhfur a cb-a-cb-a-cb-a-d in the abar illa anu yaini
01:28
We need to focus on the water and the water and the water.
01:42
The area is more than the area is to the area.
01:47
The area is not to be able to get 700 kg to 1,220 kg
01:56
But the coastal region is the way to the way to the river
02:00
and also to improve the areas that are needed in the coastal region
02:06
which are small areas.
02:08
Still, yields in the desert are now higher than those from river irrigated lands.
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Farmer Fahad Abdullah shares his concern.
02:17
Frost and no rainfall damaged most of the harvest this year.
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We haven't come here yet and there was a natural disaster.
02:25
I can see this. There are many places.
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What is the forest?
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And they hit it.
02:31
So now the situation is more dangerous.
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I mean, if you want to get out of it, you can get out of it.
02:38
Despite challenges, hope remains.
02:41
In Karbala, the Imam Hussain Shrine is leading efforts to reclaim desert land.
02:47
Head of the Shrine's Agriculture Department says,
02:50
we aim to expand farming using modern irrigation.
02:53
Reaching 15,000 dhanams is our goal.
02:56
One of the goals of the Amantia
02:57
The Amantia
03:18
We have achieved what we wanted and what we needed to increase the growth like this.
03:29
Iraq's farmers are reviving deserts, but the future of farming depends on protecting the
03:34
water beneath their feet.
03:48
For more information visit www.fema.gov
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