Lack of rain leaves Lebanese farmers struggling for water - in pictures

Dinnieh province could once rely on rains that irrigated crops and helped sustain people's livelihoods

Farmers plant potatoes in parched soil in the village of Harf Beit Hasna, in north Lebanon. AP

Women sort tobacco leaves. Farmers in the 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 have hit them hard. AP

Preparing to plant potatoes. AP

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)

Nazih Sabra sets a tube to pump water from an artificial pond. AP

The farmers rely on the little rain they can collect in artificial ponds to make enough money to feed themselves.

They live without government electricity, water, and services. AP

Some of the ponds in the area have dried up. AP

Lebanon is among the countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. AP

A woman washes dishes in a bowl to save water in Harf Beit Hasna village. AP

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