Water salinity hurting farmers, livestock in Iraq
Iraqi farmer Umm Ali has watched her poultry die as salinity levels in the country's south hit record highs, rendering already scarce water unfit for human consumption and killing livestock. "We haven't seen such high levels of salinity in 89 years," Iraq's water ministry spokesman Khaled Shamal said.
Iraqi farmer Umm Ali has watched her poultry die as salinity levels in the country's south hit record highs, rendering already scarce water unfit for human consumption and killing livestock. "We haven't seen such high levels of salinity in 89 years," Iraq's water ministry spokesman Khaled Shamal said.
