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Drought drives farm costs
Drought and rising irrigation costs are pushing farmers in the Middle East to switch crops or scale back cultivation. In Turkey, one farmer switched from cotton to wheat and sunflowers after the area planted with cotton in Sobe fell by about 60% in 2026, while agriculture accounts for 79% of the country’s water use. In Iraq, areas irrigated with surface water were reduced by 50% in some southern and southeastern regions, while Jordan launched a program to train 880 farmers to conserve water and boost productivity. These challenges are compounded by a funding gap: developing countries’ climate adaptation needs are estimated at $305 billion a year by 2035, compared with $28.2–31.7 billion in international public finance in 2024. Even tripling that financing would cover only 20%–29% of the need.
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