Thursday 14 October 2010

The Tragedy of the Drought in Syria

My wonderful farmland is now all desert.

The above is a stark statement that many farmers in Syria are making following years of deadly drought that has decimated enormous areas of once productive farm lands.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/14/world/middleeast/14syria.html

Learn more about Syria

http://www.everyculture.com/Sa-Th/Syria.html

http://geography.howstuffworks.com/middle-east/geography-of-syria.htm/printable

There is a need to maintain and collect varieties of wheat so as to protect the source of future wheats that can be grown and to improve stocks and strains of wheat:

http://www.fao.org/docrep/006/y4011e/y4011e08.htm

Will ye no think kindly on those who would be your friends! May the sun shine with your thoughts, today, and happiness grow in your heart! May you allow yourself some peace of mind.

at

YOU HAVE REACHED WOOH'S STREAM
The Internet User's Best Kept Secret

Sketches from scratches is a provocative blogspot that has grown out of the Wuh Lax experience. It is eclectic, which means that it might consider just about anything from the simple to the extremely difficult. A scratch can be something that is troubling me or a short line on paper. From a scratch comes a verbal sketch or image sketch of the issue or subject. Other sites have other stuff that should really be of interest to the broad reader. I try to develop themes, but variety often comes before depth. ... more!