AMMAN —
Jordan is facing “severe
climate changes” that negatively affect agricultural
production and will put its water resources under more pressure, and it’s
expected to intensify in the upcoming years, according to a new World Bank
report, Carried by Al-Mamlaka TV on Sunday.
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The report issued
under the title “Smart Agriculture Action Plan in Jordan –opportunities to
invest in the agricultural sector’s transition to a resilient climate growth
path”, said that climate change will put great pressure on food security and
livelihoods of the poor in Jordan.
The
World Bank said in the report that it had provided assistance to the Jordanian government
to prepare a “climate smart agriculture action plan” to help address the
phenomenon of climate change, in cooperation with the Alliance of International
Biodiversity and CIAT, the International Center for Tropical Agriculture, and
the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas.
The report
explained that smart agriculture increases productivity in an environmentally
and a socially sustainable manner, and enhances farmers’ adaptation to climate
change, and follows the Jordanian action plan to identify smart agricultural
investments, while building on the initiatives and work of governmental
authorities and local institutions.
The report pointed
out that only 8 percent of the land in Jordan receives a rainfall rate of more
than 200mm annually.
It added that olive trees
in the country will remain stable in light of climate change, as well as for
tomatoes and palm trees, while many crops will witness deterioration, such as
potatoes, or will become marginal, such as barley and wheat.
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