tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953410733493889728.post362562915105731848..comments2024-02-29T12:38:32.191-08:00Comments on MUSINGS ON IRAQ: Iraq’s 2009 DroughtJoel Winghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09611810110771744360noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953410733493889728.post-38084047145350007402009-10-06T11:06:54.617-07:002009-10-06T11:06:54.617-07:00Dubus bug is the primary problem in date plantatio...Dubus bug is the primary problem in date plantations. Spraying by Iraqi government is to control the predation from this pest. Iraq has essentially lost the date export market but since there are extensive plantations, the government continues to spray for Dubus bug infestation.<br /><br />There are those (USDA) that argue that there is sufficient water and requires only proper management to provide the water resources needed for the agriculture sector. My experience is that this is a complicated issue and is aggravated by the lack of an official water policy and a proper pricing of water resources. Water is "free" to everyone but the supply is inconsistent. This forces farmers to produce less lucrative basic grains because they are more drought tolerant. There is significant demand for fresh fruit and vegetables which would could be produced economically if there were secure access to water at a known price.Michael Maxeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00456259962081203055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953410733493889728.post-15642657764860933452009-10-04T21:30:12.368-07:002009-10-04T21:30:12.368-07:00Iraqis and outside experts agree that even if Iraq...Iraqis and outside experts agree that even if Iraq's neighbors weren't diverting rivers, there would still be a drought and major problems in the country. In Kurdistan for example, many farmers rely upon rainfall alone for their crops. Salinity and desertification have also been growing problems over the years, plus Iraq's farmers are 20 years behind in farming techniques, don't have the power or fuel to always keep their pumps going to irrigate their fields, etc. The government also provides little to no help.Joel Winghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09611810110771744360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953410733493889728.post-81938627152114558092009-10-04T21:12:47.310-07:002009-10-04T21:12:47.310-07:00Gare H,
The case of Iraq Drought and its Marshes...Gare H,<br /><br /><br />The case of Iraq Drought and its Marshes and other farm hood southern Iraq is environmental destruction by many neighbouring countries acts<br /><br />Iran changes/ diverted two fresh water reveres supplying the area one of them Al-Karoon reviver.<br /><br />Syria and Turkey decrease the water flow to Euphrates and tigress reveres beyond International law agreements.<br /><br />Kurds encouraged some reports by some Israeli consultant to reserve water between mountains to make new resorts in the Kurds area with taking care or responsibility for the reset of Iraq.<br /><br /><br />All above have nothing to do with climate control or Climatologists, biologists and physicists thoughts.<br /><br />Let not forgot when the tyrant dough out marsh in 1990 most of those Climatologists, biologists and physicists voices came loud as Destroying the Environment is a <a href="http://www.celsias.com/article/destroying-environment-also-war-crime/" rel="nofollow">War Crime</a> so were are they today from what happening by deliberate environmental destruction happing now in Iraq?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953410733493889728.post-76570491218501139092009-10-04T20:24:09.811-07:002009-10-04T20:24:09.811-07:00Top scientists say revolutionary clean power clima...Top scientists say revolutionary clean power climate control project will reduce wildfires and dangerous weather while improving the lives of billions of people.<br /><br />Climatologists, biologists and physicists from all corners of the globe agree that U.S. based Gravitational Systems, L.L.C.'s revolutionary clean power climate control project INDRA will improve the lives of billions of people around the world. Concerns have been raised about the projects impact on biodiversity as deserts are terraformed to rainforests.<br /><br />Gare Henderson, director of research and development for Gravitational Systems, L.L.C. ( a clean power developer), explains that the INDRA project, a proposed network of specialized evaporation channels moving sea water from the oceans toward the deserts, will convert world deserts into biodiverse rainforests. Deserts which cover 1/3 of all dry land will be terraformed into productive land. The INDRA systems will give mankind control of the weather, ending dangerous storms such as hurricanes, typhoons, tornadoes, and dry heat waves within a decade. Vast rivers can be turned on and off in hours, and reservoirs and salt marshes drained or replenished in days. The increased bio-mass of the terraformed deserts will begin to reverse both global warming and thermal sea level rise. UNFCCC cap and trade certification of the INDRA project will allow individuals and business to fund the plan through carbon offsets. The initial projects will be targeted north American, and north African deserts.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16409553914536064156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953410733493889728.post-16691921121229983392009-10-04T13:01:49.478-07:002009-10-04T13:01:49.478-07:00born Iraq, after the 2nd Gulf war there very evide...born Iraq, after the 2nd Gulf war there very evident that US used some sort chemicals (herbicide)seen gate trees dies slowly with top green head turned down and die.<br /><br />This is never been seen before in Iraq history of dates all farmers people don't know what's happening.<br /><br />But not hard now to tell is spraying dusting herbicide the trees from the sky will do the damage we witnessed specially the US/UK non fly zone scenario made Iraqi sky open to them to do the dirty work as 13 years of sanction all agree was to dismantled state of Iraq not regime change.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com