Farmers in northeast Syria are concerned about making ends meet - or even having a place to live - after the Turkish offensive led to the looting of their lands and destruction of their crops

Local municipalities in Lebanon’s villages are launching campaigns to promote agriculture and self-sufficiency amid food insecurity and deteriorating economic conditions.

Turkish gunfire is preventing pistachio growers in the border areas of Kobani and Manbij from harvesting their crops

Despite the floods and fires, Iraq has achieved self-sufficiency in producing crops this year.

Despite achieving the highest wheat production rate since 1998, agricultural success in Iraq has been derailed by mysterious fires that have not been successfully explained.

Farmers in Idlib accuse the Syrian government of deliberately setting fire to their crops in bid to take back opposition-held territory in northeast Syria.

Kurdish authorities in eastern Syria say politically motivated arsonists are setting fire to agricultural lands, destroying thousands of acres of farmers' crops.

Satellite images released by campaigners last week showed fields, orchards and olive groves burning in Syria. The Syrian regime and the rebels have blamed each other for the destruction, the UN’s World Food Programme said.

A rash of Iraqi farmland set on fire, allegedly by the Islamic State (ISIS), threatens massive economic loss and more internally displaced persons.

Farmers in Egypt were appalled by the government’s decision to start importing rice and limiting the areas allocated for rice cultivation as part of its strategy to contain the water crisis. Despite the Government's claim that this will break the rice market monopoly, farmers say they are the ones most affected.

The Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture stated that the cultivation of crucial crops such as rice has been suspended in Iraq due to an unusually long drought. The rerouting of rivers from bordering countries and building of dams has also contributed greatly to the water crisis.

Farmers in Iraq have restored their land after ISIS attempted to destroy the land's growing abilities as part of their scorched earth strategy.

Following a dry winter, heavy rainfall has now caused significant damage to the agricultural sector in the Syrian province of Idleb. Some farmers have reported that around 50% of their crops were harmed by the heavy rains. 

The northern regions of Syria were not to be home to a large proportion of the agricultural produce of the country, however, a lack of rain has impeded the agricultural sector there.

Farmers in Syria's Quneitra Province have been hit hard by war and increased regime tariffs in recent months

The war and resulting lack of resources is making it impossible for farmers and officials in Idlib province.