Title: Thirsty Plant Dries Out Yemen
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/world/middleeast/01yemen.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Author: Robert F. Wroth
Date: October 31, 2009
Source: New York Times
Summary: "More than half of this country’s scarce water is used to feed an addiction." The water wells are running dry, and deep, ominous cracks have begun opening in the parched earth. In the village of Yemen, farmer's crops are turning increasingly to a thirsty plant called qat. Qat are leaves which when consumed act as a narcotic, the addiction being fed by the country's scarce water.
Response: This article makes me think. I don't understand why the farmers just don't change their ways and grow other crops in order to make their profit. They dont only need qat in order to make money, they could grow something else that doesn't consume so much water.
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