Climate change causes wheat harvest losses for Gazan farmers

STORY: Climate change causes wheat harvest losses for Gazan farmers DATELINE: June 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:09 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Palestinian farmers harvesting wheat in Gaza 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (ARABIC): HAZEM SIEF, Farmer from Khan Younis City 3. various of Palestinian farmers harvesting wheat in Gaza 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (ARABIC): MOHAMMED FUSAIFIS, Farmer from Khan Younis City 5. various of Palestinian farmers harvesting wheat in Gaza STORYLINE: Local farmers from the Palestinian coastal enclave complained that they could hardly harvest the much-needed wheat, an indispensable food for 2.3 million Gazan people, as climate change has severely impacted their crops. The annual wheat crop decreased by 1,000 tons from last year's yield of 5,000 tons due to the delayed winter and unreliable rainfall, according to Mohammed Odeh, a senior official at the Hamas-run Agriculture Ministry in Gaza. Hazem Sief, a farmer from Khan Younis City south of Gaza, told Xinhua