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Lebanon’s dwindling rain leaves farmers struggling for water

A farmer prepares to plant potatoes in Harf Beit Hasna village, in Dinnieh province, north Lebanon, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. Farmers in a small mountainous town in Lebanon's northern Dinnieh province once could rely on rain to irrigate their crops and sustain a living. But climate change and the country's crippling economic crisis has left their soil dry and their produce left to rot. They rely on the little rain they can collect in their innovative artificial ponds to make enough money to feed themselves, as they live without government electricity, water, and services. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Farmers plant potatoes in Harf Beit Hasna village, in Dinnieh province, north Lebanon, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. Farmers in a small mountainous town in Lebanon's northern Dinnieh province once could rely on rain to irrigate their crops and sustain a living. But climate change and the country's crippling economic crisis has left their soil dry and their produce left to rot. They rely on the little rain they can collect in their innovative artificial ponds to make enough money to feed themselves, as they live without government electricity, water, and services. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) An innovative artificial pond is seen between agricultural fields at Harf Beit Hasna village, in Dinnieh province, north Lebanon, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. Farmers in a small mountainous town in Lebanon's northern Dinnieh province once could rely on rain to irrigate their crops and sustain a living. But climate change and the country's crippling economic crisis has left their soil dry and their produce left to rot. They rely on the little rain they can collect in their innovative artificial ponds to make enough money to feed themselves, as they live without government electricity, water, and services. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) A woman washes dishes in a bowl to save water at Harf Beit Hasna village, in Dinnieh province, north Lebanon, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. Farmers in a small mountainous town in Lebanon's northern Dinnieh province once could rely on rain to irrigate their crops and sustain a living. But climate change and the country's crippling economic crisis has left their soil dry and their produce left to rot. They rely on the little rain they can collect in their artificial ponds to make enough money to feed themselves, as they live without government electricity, water, and services. ( AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Nazih Sabra sets a tube to pump water from an artificial pond at Harf Beit Hasna village in Dinnieh province, north Lebanon, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. Farmers in a small mountainous town in Lebanon's northern Dinnieh province once could rely on rain to irrigate their crops and sustain a living. But climate change and the country's crippling economic crisis has left their soil dry and their produce left to rot. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Innovative artificial ponds are seen between agricultural fields at Harf Beit Hasna village, in Dinnieh province, north Lebanon, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. Farmers in a small mountainous town in Lebanon's northern Dinnieh province once could rely on rain to irrigate their crops and sustain a living. But climate change and the country's crippling economic crisis has left their soil dry and their produce left to rot. They rely on the little rain they can collect in their innovative artificial ponds to make enough money to feed themselves, as they live without government electricity, water, and services. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Farmers plant potatoes at Harf Beit Hasna village, in Dinnieh province, north Lebanon, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. Farmers in a small mountainous town in Lebanon's northern Dinnieh province once could rely on rain to irrigate their crops and sustain a living. But climate change and the country's crippling economic crisis has left their soil dry and their produce left to rot. They rely on the little rain they can collect in their innovative artificial ponds to make enough money to feed themselves, as they live without government electricity, water, and services. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) An artificial pond is seen at an agricultural field at Harf Beit Hasna village, in Dinnieh province, north Lebanon, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. Farmers in a small mountainous town in Lebanon's northern Dinnieh province once could rely on rain to irrigate their crops and sustain a living. But climate change and the country's crippling economic crisis has left their soil dry and their produce left to rot. They rely on the little rain they can collect in their innovative artificial ponds to make enough money to feed themselves, as they live without government electricity, water, and services. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Farmer Nazih Sabra checks tobacco leaves at his farm at Harf Beit Hasna village, in Dinnieh province, north Lebanon, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. Farmers in a small mountainous town in Lebanon's northern Dinnieh province once could rely on rain to irrigate their crops and sustain a living. But climate change and the country's crippling economic crisis has left their soil dry and their produce left to rot. They rely on the little rain they can collect in their innovative artificial ponds to make enough money to feed themselves, as they live without government electricity, water, and services. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Farmers clean drying tobacco leaves at Harf Beit Hasna village in Dinnieh province, north Lebanon, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. Farmers in a small mountainous town in Lebanon's northern Dinnieh province once could rely on rain to irrigate their crops and sustain a living. But climate change and the country's crippling economic crisis has left their soil dry and their produce left to rot. They rely on the little rain they can collect in their innovative artificial ponds to make enough money to feed themselves, as they live without government electricity, water, and services.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)