SARGAT, Kurdistan Region - The famous walnut trees in Hawraman, on the Kurdistan Region's border with Iran, are under the threat of extinction due to drought.
Ezzat Rahim has been growing walnut trees in the village of Sargat for 21 years.
Nearly 100 of his walnut trees have died this year.
"I've been growing them for many years. The harvest is near. Check out the number of nuts it produced. Now, there are barely any," he told Rudaw.
Hawraman is home to more than 92,000 walnut trees, according to the Halabja’s Directorate of Orchards. Nearly 25 percent of trees have died this year.
Hawraman supplies Kurdistan Region markets with 70 to 100 tons of walnuts per year.
Translation and video editing by Sarkawt Mohammed
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