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    Iraq’s wheat self-sufficiency shattered by drought and water shortages

    A farmer drives a tractor to plow land for wheat cultivation on the outskirts of Mosul, Iraq, November 26, 2025. Iraq has scaled back wheat planting and restricted rice cultivation as water shortages deepen amid one of its worst droughts in decades. REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousily
    Iraq’s wheat self-sufficiency shattered by drought and water shortages
    Iraq’s wheat self-sufficiency shattered by drought and water shortages

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