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One forecast predicts as much as 30 percent less rain...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eLEADIN:\u003cbr/\u003e              Recent studies suggest the kingdom of Jordan is being hit particularly hard by climate change - getting hotter and drier than previously anticipated.\u003cbr/\u003e              One forecast predicts as much as 30 percent less rain by 2100, putting pressure on food production in a country with a growing population. \u003cbr/\u003e              A new aquaponic farm near the country's capital, Amman, claims to use less water in comparison to traditional farming techniques by combining fish farming and growing vegetables. \u003cbr/\u003e              STORYLINE:\u003cbr/\u003e              Several nights a week, Dafi Jaradat sleeps at his farm on the outskirts of Amman.\u003cbr/\u003e              The former industrial engineer likes to keep careful watch over his fish and crops.\u003cbr/\u003e              Dafi, along with his brother Salah, recently launched Khodra Farm, which uses the aquaponics method. \u003cbr/\u003e              Aquaponics is a system of aquaculture in which the waste from farmed fish supplies nutrients to soil-less plants grown hydroponically. \u003cbr/\u003e              The facilities produce vegetables and fish for consumption.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"We feed the fish and then the fish will produce waste,\" explains Salah, while feeding the fish in the farm's large four tanks.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"This waste will drain out from these tanks and go to our filtration unit where some biological processes will happen here and transform the solid waste into micro nutrients, which are beneficial for the plants. And then, after the water is filtered here, it will go to the plants.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              A 600 square-metre greenhouse is located right next to the farm's fish tanks.\u003cbr/\u003e              The nutrient-rich water arrives through a filtration unit, then travelling under foam beds that are covered in various green crops. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"The water comes from the filtration unit, full with nutrients,\" explains Salah.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"And then they travel in these foam beds, where all the plants are growing here. And they will absorb all these nutrients and then the water will go back to the fish area clean and healthy for the fish.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Khodra Farm currently grows about 15 different types of crops, including parsley, coriander and watercress. The brothers hope to begin growing berries sometime this year.\u003cbr/\u003e              Experts say aquaponics has great potential in Jordan, where water resources are under pressure. \u003cbr/\u003e              Recently the World Bank named Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco and Syria as the countries in the Middle East and North Africa that will experience significantly increased water stress driven by climate change. \u003cbr/\u003e              Aquaponics is thought to use around 90 percent less water than traditional growing methods.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Jordan is one of the driest countries in the world, in terms of water resources, it's a scarce country,\" says Mohammed Ayesh, a specialist in permaculture and organic farming.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"That's why aquaponics is an excellent production method, since it will conserve water resources as well as produce more fish and more crops for farmers.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Despite the benefits, there are challenges to overcome.\u003cbr/\u003e              An aquaponics system requires constant care, operational costs are high, and most consumers are uneducated about the cultivation technique.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"In aquaponics, our main challenge is the biological control of the plants, because we don't use chemicals or pesticides, so we need to control the plants biologically,\" says Dafi.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Second thing, the market is hard to reach and to understand here in Jordan, especially when there is a new product that you need to introduce.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Khodra Farm currently sells its produce to Yanboot, an organic food store in Amman.\u003cbr/\u003e              Yanboot founder Bashar Humeid says educating the public is a major challenge, as people often have the perception that it is not organic. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"Usually people associate with this kind of modern farming, that it's not organic,\" he says.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"So, we have to educate the customer that it is almost like organic.\"\u003cbr/\u003e            \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e              Amman, Jordan - 14 December 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              1. Mid of Khodra farm greenhouse\u003cbr/\u003e              2. Wide of Dafi Jaradat and Salah Jaradat, Founders of Khodra farm, inside the fish area\u003cbr/\u003e              3. Wide of Jaradat throwing fish food into tanks\u003cbr/\u003e              4. Close of fish in tank\u003cbr/\u003e              5. Wide of Jaradat testing water quality\u003cbr/\u003e              6. Close of Jaradat's hand going into water\u003cbr/\u003e              7. SOUNDBITE (English) Salah Jaradat, Co-Founder of Khodra farm:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"So, we raise our fish here. We feed the fish and then the fish will produce waste, this waste will drain out from these tanks and go to our filtration unit where some biological processes will happen here and transform the solid waste into micro nutrients, which are beneficial for the plants. And then, after the water is filtered here, it will go to the plants.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              8. Wide of water filtration unit and pump\u003cbr/\u003e              9. Mid of pump \u003cbr/\u003e              10. Various of salad and swiss chard\u003cbr/\u003e              11. Wide of Dafi and Salah Jaradat inside aquaponics greenhouse\u003cbr/\u003e              12. SOUNDBITE (English) Salah Jaradat, 36 years old, Co-Founder of Khodra farm:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"The water comes from the filtration unit, full with nutrients. And then they travel in these foam beds, where all the plants are growing here. And they will absorb all these nutrients and then the water will go back to the fish area clean and healthy for the fish.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Amman, Jordan - 21 December 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              13. Setup shot of Mohammed Ayesh, Agricultural Engineer and specialist in permaculture and organic farming\u003cbr/\u003e              14. Cutaway of hand\u003cbr/\u003e              15. SOUNDBITE (English) Mohammed Ayesh, Agricultural Engineer and specialist in permaculture and organic farming:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Jordan is one of the driest countries in the world, in terms of water resources, it's a scarce country. That's why aquaponics is an excellent production method, since it will conserve water resources as well as produce more fish and more crops for farmers.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Amman, Jordan - 14 December 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              16. Wide of Dafi Jaradat examining crops inside greenhouse\u003cbr/\u003e              17. Close of roots\u003cbr/\u003e              18. High shot of Jaradat putting foam beds back in place\u003cbr/\u003e              19. Close of leaves\u003cbr/\u003e              20. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Dafi Jaradat, Co-Founder of Khodra aquaponics farm:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"In aquaponics, our main challenge is the biological control of the plants, because we don't use chemicals or pesticides, so we need to control the plants biologically. Second thing, the market is hard to reach and to understand here in Jordan, especially when there is a new product that you need to introduce.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              ASSOCIATED PRESS\u003cbr/\u003e              Amman, Jordan - 20 December 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              21. Mid of Yanboot truck in reflection\u003cbr/\u003e              22. Wide of store entrance\u003cbr/\u003e              23. Various of organic shop\u003cbr/\u003e              24. Mid of person stacking leaves\u003cbr/\u003e              25. Cutaway of Bashar Humeid, Director of Yanboot, talking\u003cbr/\u003e              26. SOUNDBITE (English) Bashar Humeid, Director of Yanboot, company selling organic products in Jordan:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Usually people associate with this kind of modern farming, that it's not organic. So, we have to educate the customer that it is almost like organic.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Amman, Jordan - 14 December 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              26. Mid of Dafi Jaradat smelling plants\u003cbr/\u003e              27. Mid of Jaradat checking leaves\u003cbr/\u003e              28. Mid of Jaradat checking foam beds\u003cbr/\u003e              29. Mid of Jaradat smelling plants\u003cbr/\u003e              30. Wide of greenhouse and water system\u003cbr/\u003e              31. 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