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Agriculture: Iraq is achieving food security for the first time in its history


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Agriculture: Iraq is achieving food security for the first time in its history

 

Baghdad - Time

 

The Minister of Agriculture, Muhammad Karim al-Khafaji, announced that Iraq had succeeded in achieving food security, for the first time in its history. He said in a statement yesterday (that Iraq has achieved self-sufficiency in wheat and barley) with more than 4 million and a half million tons of wheat so far. Al-Khafaji revealed in a program broadcast by (Al Sharqiya) channel yesterday that (the United Arab Emirates submitted an application through an Iraqi merchant to import four agricultural crops from Iraq, which are tomato, cucumber, eggplant and cowpea). On the other hand, the head of the local federation of peasant associations in Diyala, Raad Maghamis Al-Tamimi, stressed the continuation of the collapse of the prices of agricultural crops due to the influx of the importer. Al-Tamimi told Al-Zaman yesterday that (the prices of agricultural crops, "vegetables", collapsed again and decreased by 50 percent, causing huge losses for farmers who were hoping that the summer season would have a margin of profitability, but their hopes had gone unheeded).

Al-Tamimi added that (all promises to prevent the flow of imported crops are ink on paper), pointing out that (the whales of corruption are behind the Diyala peasant crisis and their losses due to the influx of imported crops with the start of the descent of local crops in a clear attempt to end agriculture in Diyala and push farmers to unemployment). With a member of the House of Representatives for Diyala province, Mudar Al Karawi told (Al-Zaman) that (the Diyala agriculture sector provides 50 percent of employment opportunities compared to the rest of the sectors, which is more important considering the province is agricultural and produces various crops, especially the strategic ones).

Al-Karawi added that (the Diyala agriculture sector suffers from 3 complicated and hot files for years: agricultural loans against farmers in liberated areas - compensation for agricultural contracts - stopping the procedures for breaking agricultural contracts), pointing out that (the three file concerns tens of thousands of Diyala farmers). Al-Karawi pointed out that (the file was submitted to the highest authorities in the country, including the prime minister, who pledged to find urgent solutions to them, especially as it related to the livelihoods of numbers that are not few, whether in Diyala or the other provinces that suffer from the same problems, stressing that any support to the farmers' segment will lead to General benefit by increasing production, supporting crops with crops, and reducing dependence on importers).

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1 hour ago, ChuckFinley said:

 

I know you have been through some tough times NoviceInvestor, but I do think we are close.  

Thank you @ChuckFinley..I hope you and yours are doing well. 

They say Tough times don’t last but tough people do and I also know  that one day we will all get there and we will receive that elusive text. That’s if death and taxes doesn’t get there first. 

 

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