For those who haven't seen it, a Reuters report on the desertification of agruiculture in Iraq. https://uk.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/iraq-water-nineveh/ This won'tbe the first time that what could be, and once was, a fertile region has been plagues by drought, war, deprivation..... http://fooddeserts.org/images/000Islam.htm Dr Hillary J. Shaw Director and Senior Research Consultant Shaw Food Solutions Newport Shropshire TF10 8QE www.fooddeserts.org ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CRIT-GEOG-FORUM list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=CRIT-GEOG-FORUM&A=1