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Once-fertile orchards have been reduced to barren landscapes, with farmers abandoning their land and livelihoods. The Mosul Reservoir, Iraq&#8217;s largest water body, has seen its storage capacity plummet from 8 billion to just 3 billion cubic metres in recent years. Experts point to climate change, reduced rainfall, and Turkey&#8217;s upstream dam projects as key factors in the dwindling water supply. With agricultural methods consuming over 70% of Iraq&#8217;s water resources, the country faces urgent challenges in water management and regional cooperation to prevent further environmental degradation and food insecurity.<\/p>\n<p>Al Jazeera&#8217;s Mahmoud Abdelwahed reports from Baghdad, Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel: http:\/\/bit.ly\/AJSubscribe<br \/>\nFollow us on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/AJEnglish<br \/>\nFind us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aljazeera<br \/>\nCheck our website: http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/<br \/>\nCheck out our Instagram page: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/aljazeeraenglish\/<br \/>\nDownload AJE Mobile App: https:\/\/aje.io\/AJEMobile<\/p>\n<p>#Iraq #IraqDrought #GlobalWarming #IraqFarming #IraqFarmers #ClimateChange<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1765672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[308,715],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1765671","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general-news","8":"category-video"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Video: Iraq\u2019s worst drought in decades leaves orchards barren and livelihoods ruined<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Iraq is grappling with a severe water crisis, exacerbated by prolonged drought and upstream dam restrictions in neighbouring countries. 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