Jordan's agricultural sector negatively affected by heatwave: officials

STORY: Jordan's agricultural sector negatively affected by heatwave: officials DATELINE: Sept. 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: Amman CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Mahmoud Oran and his office 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): MAHMOUD ORAN, President of the Jordanian Farmers Union 3. various of the farms STORYLINE: The heatwave negatively affected Jordan's agricultural sector, leading to increased financial burdens on farmers, said the Jordanian Farmers Union on Sunday. The multi-day heatwave last week has damaged some crops, increased the demand for water while raising the yields of several heat-resistant vegetables, causing a decline in their prices, Mahmoud Oran, president of the Jordanian Farmers Union, told Xinhua on Sunday. "When temperatures are very high, some crops such as tomatoes and zucchinis grow faster than usual and this is what happened last week. Due to the increase in production, prices of such kinds of vegetables decreased by 20-35 percent, which caused losses to some farmers," h