06 June 2025 1 Min Read
WATCH | Iraqi farmers use sprinklers to grow crops in desert
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Iraqi farmers are expanding their operations into the desert. Supported by government-subsidised sprinkler systems, some farmers say the shift from flood irrigation to sprinklers has yielded better results.
- A drone view shows workers installing irrigation sprinklers in a field near Najaf, Iraq, on May 7 2025.
- A drone view shows irrigation sprinklers operating in a wheat field.
- An Iraqi woman works in an agricultural field near Diwaniyah, Iraq, on May 12 2025.
- An Iraqi worker carries out maintenance on the sprinkler nozzles of a centre-pivot irrigation system in a wheat field near Najaf, Iraq, on May 5 2025.
- As water scarcity worsens in Iraq, farmers are turning to sprinkler irrigation systems to conserve water and increase crop yields.
- Workers carry out maintenance on the sprinkler nozzles of a centre-pivot irrigation system in a clover field near Diwaniyah, Iraq, on May 12 2025.
- Workers perform maintenance on sprinkler nozzles to conserve water and increase crop yields.
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