Jordanians intensify efforts to fight desertification

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Jordanians intensify efforts to fight desertification

STORY: Jordanians intensify efforts to fight desertification DATELINE: June 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:39 LOCATION: Amman CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of one of the fields of the program in Jordan valley 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): MOHAMMAD QUTISHAT, Project manager STORYLINE: A program named the green caravan has been intensifying Jordan's efforts to combat desertification while improving the country's food basket. Over the past two decades, more than 150,000 fruit-bearing trees have been planted thanks to the program in cooperation with farmers and communities across Jordan. Mohammad Qutishat is a project manager of the program. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): MOHAMMAD QUTISHAT, Project manager "Jordan is one of the countries with high desertification percentage reaching up to 90 percent. The high cost of agricultural supplies and agricultural inputs, high wages and lack of resources for farmers make them lose enough ability to cultivate their land and leave it until desertification. Through our projects, we

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