Reviving Iraq's Agricultural Legacy of Dates

Good news! Iraq is having a date with dates! Unfortunately, the article is not well written.

"... It’s not the usual story for farmers in Iraq. Agriculture, in what was once known as the fertile crescent, has become an industry of plunging incomes and steep job losses as the sector struggles to adapt amid rising temperatures and environmental decline. ... Once, Iraq led the world in date production, but following war with Iran in the 1980s and the US-led invasion in 2003, millions of palms were burnt, and its market share plunged to just five percent. Now, the country imports dates from overseas, undermining efforts to revive the local date business and restore Iraq’s date farming prestige. ..."

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