国际英语资讯:Feature: Some Syrians achieve self-sufficiency through farming on rooftops
<p><span word="SWEIDA">SWEIDA</span>, <span word="Syria">Syria</span>, <span word="July">July</span> 26-- <span word="Trailing">Trailing</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="hands">hands</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="soft">soft</span> <span word="green">green</span> <span word="tips">tips</span>, <span word="Ziad">Ziad</span> <span word="Thabet">Thabet</span> <span word="looks">looks</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="pride">pride</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="vegetables">vegetables</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="planted">planted</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="rooftop">rooftop</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="efforts">efforts</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="achieve">achieve</span> <span word="self">self</span>-<span word="sufficiency">sufficiency</span> <span word="amid">amid</span> <span word="soaring">soaring</span> <span word="prices">prices</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="markets">markets</span>.</p><p><span word="Like">Like</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="Syrians">Syrians</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="retired">retired</span> <span word="man">man</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="felt">felt</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="hardships">hardships</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="going">going</span> <span word="through">through</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="affected">affected</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="livelihoods">livelihoods</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Syrians">Syrians</span>, <span word="particularly">particularly</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="sanctions">sanctions</span> <span word="imposed">imposed</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span>.</p><p><span word="Thabet">Thabet</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="lives">lives</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Sweida">Sweida</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="southern">southern</span> <span word="Syria">Syria</span>, <span word="didn">didn</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="succumb">succumb</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pressure">pressure</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="crisis">crisis</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="exacerbating">exacerbating</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span>. <span word="Instead">Instead</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="idea">idea</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="using">using</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="rooftop">rooftop</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="plant">plant</span> <span word="vegetables">vegetables</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="needs">needs</span> <span word="instead">instead</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="buying">buying</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="market">market</span>.</p>
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