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Wednesday, September 05, 2007

New Chickpea Helps Turkish Farmers Adapt to Global Warming

"New Chickpea Helps Turkish Farmers Adapt to Global Warming ALEPPO, Syria, September 4, 2007 (ENS) - The chickpea, one of the plants with the highest amount of protein, is a staple of Turkish food - enjoyed as a dip called hummus, roasted as a snack food called leblebi, often thrown into a soup or tossed onto a salad. But Turkish farmers have been enduring a severe drought for several years, which has caused their crops to fail."

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