ROME -- The war in Iraq could be devastating for the country's rural economy with consequences on farmers' capacity toproduce food, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned ...
MISHKHAB, Iraq — Once the cradle of agriculture for civilization, the Land Between Two Rivers — the Tigris and Euphrates — has become a basket case for its farmers. Just ask Naji Habeeb, 85. His ...
You probably remember learning in junior high history class about the Fertile Crescent, the band of geography that curls up the Nile River and along the Mediterranean Sea before arcing east to the ...