A Jordanian woman harvests green beans at a farm in Ghor Al-Haditha, south of the capital Amman. GHOR AL-HADITHA, Jordan: 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.
Mean annual temperature is expected to increase by two degrees Celsius, and rainfall cut by a fifth by 2050, according to projections used by the World Bank.On a nearby 9ha farm, 43-year-old Ibrahim Dgheimat sits in his pickup, overwhelmed by the heat. He watches as several women pick beans."But this year, the lack of water destroyed two-thirds of my crops.""I don't have any way to pay the workers," Dgheimat said.
This year, the reserves of the three drinking water dams have reached critical levels, now just a third of their normal capacity.
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