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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Iraq Drought Impacts Potable Water Supply, Crop Yields, Says Aid Group

Iraq has been battered by three years of drought, low rainfall and reduced water flows along its rivers. (AFP)

In drought-hit Iraq, six out of 10 households have had their access to drinking water disrupted and a quarter of farmers have seen crop yields drastically fall this year, said a survey published Monday.

Iraq has been battered by three years of drought, low rainfall and reduced river flows, and the United Nations has ranked it the fifth most vulnerable country to some key effects of climate change.

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