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    Climate changes disrupt agriculture and reduce reclaimed areas

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    Climate changes disrupt agriculture and reduce reclaimed areas Empty Climate changes disrupt agriculture and reduce reclaimed areas

    Post by Rocky Wed 20 Sep 2023, 5:33 am

    Climate changes disrupt agriculture and reduce reclaimed areas

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    Economy News _ Baghdad
    The extent of the fears resulting from climate change on the agricultural sector has expanded remarkably, which has lost large areas as a result of the effects of these changes, which now threaten all aspects of life in the country, and portend more economic losses resulting from water and soil pollution and the expansion of desert areas rapidly creeping towards cities. Which called on many specialists in economic and environmental affairs to demand the necessity of passing laws that can limit the effects of climate change, and allocating an “environmental budget” to implement projects capable of reducing those effects.
    In a picture that illustrates the extent of the growing concerns due to climate change, UN statistics show that Iraq will lose approximately 400 thousand dunums of reclaimed land annually due to these changes, which was confirmed to “Al-Sabah” by the advisor in the Ministry of Agriculture, Dr. Mahdi Damad Al-Qaisi, when he pointed out Widespread changes have occurred in agricultural plans as a result of climate change and the accompanying decline in water releases, rising temperatures, and scarcity of rainfall.
     Al-Qaisi said: “The agricultural sector in Iraq has been clearly affected by climate change, especially the rise in temperatures, the lack of water revenues from neighboring countries, and the decline in rainfall rates, indicating that these factors played a major role in affecting the agricultural sector, both its plant and animal parts.”
    Al-Qaisi explained that the lack of rainfall and the decline in water revenues had a negative impact on the expansion trends of agricultural plans, especially winter, which witnesses the cultivation of wheat, which is a strategic crop on which individual food security is mainly based, in addition to the impact of livestock production on climate changes, as The lack of water led to a decline in the growth of grasses, and thus this wealth was greatly affected.
    The advisor at the Ministry of Agriculture also pointed out that the risks of a decline in water revenues are not only related to irrigation operations, as this decline led to movement in the soil and sand, and thus an increase in dust storms, indicating at the same time that the scarcity of water led to an increase in the concentrations of pollutants and salinity in it. Consequently, it affected the nature of the soil and exacerbated the problems of agricultural reality and livestock. He pointed out that the environmental impacts on the activities of the agricultural sector, both plant and animal, directly affected the food chain from which humans benefit, in addition to being affected by the environmental aspects associated with it, represented by water and its pollution and increasing Its concentrations are especially in the central and southern regions, specifically Basra.
    For his part, international environmental journalist, Khaled Suleiman, explained that “the effects of climate change on Iraq are represented by a decrease in rainfall, a rise in temperatures, and an increase in dust storms, in addition to other negative effects represented by regional policies on the Iraqi economy, as those regional policies caused a decline in Water imports, especially from Turkey.”
    Suleiman believes that one of the direct reasons that led to the exacerbation of the effects of climate change and thus its negative impact on the economic reality is the management of water resources, as Iraq still depends on old irrigation methods, and still relies on them widely in agriculture, and has not moved to using traditional methods. He fully advanced in this field, noting at the same time that the water crisis in the country was accompanied by another serious crisis represented by water pollution, especially in light of the presence of clear indications of the discharge of stagnant water into some fresh rivers.
    Suleiman pointed out that the lack of water flow, its pollution, and the decline in releases from upstream countries are factors that will lead to a significant decrease in agricultural lands, and to a doubling of the areas of desertified lands, indicating that the Iraqi economy will be greatly affected by the environmental changes resulting from the decline in water imports, pointing out that policies The economic sector focuses largely on the "rentier economy", while neglecting the rest of the productive sectors, especially industrial and agricultural sectors.


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