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The World Food Program ruled out, on Thursday, the existence of a crisis of acute malnutrition in Iraq, stressing that the lack of rain and drought that Iraq suffered during the last season is the first of its kind in the past 40 years.

The representative of the World Food Program in Iraq, Ali Reda Qureshi, said that "the country's strategic plan for the World Food Program 2020-2024 outlined the support for Iraq, in close line with its vision for 2030," noting that "the program added 39,000 displaced persons and refugees. from vulnerable cases and launched new “livelihood” programs in urban areas to those affected by the Corona epidemic.

Qureshi added, "The Iraqi economy was subjected to shocks, the first of which was the negative oil drop, affected by the repercussions of the Corona virus, as well as the depreciation of the Iraqi dinar last December, which further affected the food security of families in poor local communities."

He continued, "The drought phenomenon due to lack of rainfall affected agricultural production, as the total grain production in Iraq decreased by 38%," noting that "Nineveh Governorate suffered from failure in crop production and lost nearly 70% of its production for the wheat crop and all its production for the barley crop." The grain production in the Kurdistan region has also been halved.

Qureshi revealed that "the World Food Program established in April of last year the Hunger Monitoring System in order to monitor the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on food security in Iraq, through the main food security indicators, individual prices of basic commodities and monitoring market functions," stressing "more than 30 joint reports with the Food and Agriculture Organization, the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the World Bank, after analyzing the data of this system.

 
 
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 Baghdad: Omar Abdul Latif
 
The World Food Program ruled out the existence of a crisis of acute malnutrition in Iraq, stressing that the lack of rain and drought that Iraq suffered during the last season is the first of its kind since the past 40 years.
The representative of the World Food Program in Iraq, Ali Reda Qureshi, told Al-Sabah: "The WFP's Country Strategic Plan 2020-2024 outlined the broad lines of support for Iraq, in close line with its vision for 2030," noting that the program added 39,000 An individual from vulnerable IDPs and refugees and launched new programs to “live in urban areas to those affected by the Corona epidemic.”
He added that the Iraqi economy was subjected to shocks, the first of which was the negative oil drop affected by the repercussions of the Corona virus, as well as the depreciation of the Iraqi dinar last December, which further affected the food security of families in poor local communities. 
He added that the drought phenomenon due to the lack of rainfall affected agricultural production, as the total grain production in Iraq decreased by 38%, indicating that Nineveh Governorate suffered from failure in crop production and lost nearly 70% of its production for the wheat crop and all its production for the barley crop, and also decreased Cereal production in the Kurdistan region halved.
Qureshi revealed that in April of last year, the World Food Program established a hunger monitoring system to monitor the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on food security in Iraq, through the main food security indicators, individual prices of basic commodities and monitoring market functions, stressing the preparation of more than 30 joint reports. With the Food and Agriculture Organization, the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the World Bank, after analyzing the data of this system.
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Well dang if the lead story in this thread includes a Photo of my Ole Fishing hole. It has seen better days and I’m not likely going back there anytime soon.

 

.... kidding aside: I’m not so inclined to by in to all is well, nothing to see here move along crud.

Unless you’ve been living under a Boulder for the past 18 years, you’ve certainly noticed the HELL Iraqis have been through.

 

..... so let’s minimize this to limit the amount of press it would receive ? Elections in the final stages with official announcement perhaps as soon as tomorrow. Reforms moving forward, possibly a globally recognized currency ..... “ soon “

 

Keep the good news stories flowing: sure don’t want bad press dealing with malnutrition & starvation of the people, right ?


 

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 2021-10-24 07:24
 

Shafaq News / The Iraqi Ministry of Planning commented, on Sunday, on an international report that listed Iraq among the hungriest countries in the world, stressing that they are unrealistic indicators.

A report attributed to the World Food Program at the United Nations ranked Iraq among the seven most hungry countries in the world, and that a third of the Iraqi people sleep hungry, along with very poor countries, such as Somalia, Madagascar, Congo and others.

 

The ministry explained in a statement received by Shafaq News Agency, that "Iraq did not face a food crisis that could cause a threat of hunger to vulnerable groups in society, even during the height of the spread of the Corona pandemic, in which many countries witnessed food crises, due to government measures that contributed to providing Food, whether locally produced or imported, in addition to social solidarity.

She added, "The government has taken a number of measures, including supporting the social protection network, securing ration card materials, and distributing an emergency financial grant to those affected by the pandemic, with the aim of helping them face emergency conditions."

The ministry indicated that "talking about a third of Iraqis being hungry is contrary to reality, because the rate of food fragility in Iraq is less than 2% of the total population, and this percentage increased after the waves of displacement in 2014."

And she added, "The poverty rate in 2020 rose to 31%, and this does not mean that this percentage represents the hungry population at all, but this falls within the framework of what is known as "multidimensional poverty", which includes health, education, housing, and income, and the percentage increased as a result of the Corona pandemic. And its economic repercussions,” noting that “the total percentage of families that receive the ration is 95%.”

The Iraqi Ministry of Planning pointed out that "the indicators it adopts are extracted from the statistical surveys carried out by the Central Bureau of Statistics in accordance with the global standards approved by the United Nations."

The ministry concluded by saying, "The indicators referred to in the report attributed to the World Food Program are unrealistic, and are not based on the indicators adopted by the Ministry of Planning, as it is not possible in any way to compare the food and living situation of the Iraqi people with countries that are already suffering from severe famine. Iraq is not hungry."

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 Baghdad: Shaima Rashid
 
The Ministry of Planning and economic experts downplayed the importance of a report issued by the World Food Program that ranked Iraq among the hungriest countries in the world, and indicated that the aforementioned report was "unrealistic."
Economic expert Hazem Hadi told Al-Sabah: "The Central Bank was able to achieve very large reserves and provide loans to citizens, whether in the field of housing, employment, or small and even large projects, and these will certainly contribute to raising the income of citizens and the total income of Iraq."
He added that "some people take a bad position from Iraq, but things are on the way to improvement and a large surplus in the process of selling oil," noting that "the issue of high oil prices is subject to an economic and political theory, as the economy says that any reform of the economic situation of any country must To take into account the exchange rates of the local currency, thus changing the exchange rate contributed greatly to the formation of the reserve at the Central Bank and will contribute significantly to reducing imports from abroad, especially since these neighboring countries of Iraq from which it imports goods and services have deliberately changed the exchange rate of their currency and this It will contribute to the goods being cheap," and he indicated that "the surplus could contribute to achieving development, operating factories and reducing unemployment, which bodes well for achieving a kind of well-off life for future generations."
For its part, the Iraqi Ministry of Planning commented on the UN report, saying: “Iraq has not faced a food crisis that could cause a threat of hunger to vulnerable groups in society, even during the height of the spread of the Corona pandemic, in which many countries witnessed food crises, due to government measures that It contributed to the provision of foodstuffs, whether locally produced or imported, as well as social solidarity.”
She added that "the government has taken a number of measures, including supporting the social protection network, securing ration card materials, and distributing emergency financial grants among those affected by the pandemic, with the aim of helping them face emergency conditions."
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Follow - up /
announced that the Secretary - General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres on Friday that about 3 billion people, or about 40% of the planet 's population, can not afford the cost of a healthy diet.
Guterres said in a video address on the occasion of World Food Day, that “40% of humanity cannot afford a healthy diet, which is equivalent to 3 billion people. Hunger is increasing. The number of people suffering from malnutrition and obesity is increasing.”
Guterres indicated that the situation in this area has seriously deteriorated due to the Corona pandemic and the economic issues it caused, adding that about 140 million people in the world suffer from food shortages.
“At the same time, the methods we use to grow, eat and remove food put a heavy burden on our planet. It creates an unprecedented burden on our resources, our climate and our environment, and costs us trillions of dollars.”

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A purpose built globalized crisis. As the data keeps coming in the criminal politicians ( and all the other contributors to this global experiment) assess their success and failures: regroup, double up their efforts cuz as Obama said when going for re-election 

“ I’m just getting started “

 

Anyone seen the Sci-Fi  movie “ Soylent Green “ ????
It takes place in 2022. 

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16 hours ago, horsesoldier said:

A purpose built globalized crisis. As the data keeps coming in the criminal politicians ( and all the other contributors to this global experiment) assess their success and failures: regroup, double up their efforts cuz as Obama said when going for re-election  - “ I’m just getting started “

Anyone see the movie “ Soylent Green “ It takes place in 2022. 

 

Well stated horsesoldier...! :salute:Ron 

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Iraq, a rich nation where people go hungry

Iraqi children collect recyclable garbage at a dump, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq. REUTERS

Iraqi children collect recyclable garbage at a dump, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq. (REUTERS)

 

The strange paradox is that at the time it was besieged, Iraq did not go hungry; while now, a rich Iraq sees it people falling into the throes of hunger.

 

Friday 05/11/2021

 

When the international embargo was imposed on Iraq in 1990 after the occupation of Kuwait, its aim was to put international pressure on the regime by starving the Iraqi people. This unannounced measure was revealed by the dire realities of the time. However, the regime was able to achieve a great breakthrough through the introduction of rationing. Without that introduction, living conditions would have deteriorated in record time and the regime would not have been able to withstand thirteen difficult years of pressure until it was overthrown after the US invasion, which paved the way for the emergence of a different sort of Iraq.

Before 2003, the state was characterised by discipline.  Integrity was also a quality that could not be taken lightly. The rationing plan succeeded in saving many groups of Iraqis from falling into the abyss of abject hunger. If things had continued to be managed with discipline and austerity,  the living conditions of these same groups of Iraqis, supposedly protected by the rationing cards, would not have sunk to the bottom of the poverty line, as a result of the gratuitous behaviour of the state as led by the president’s entourage and relatives.

What is of interest here is that Iraq had gone through harsh circumstances in the past where its people escaped starvation, thanks to sound patriotic thinking and disciplined behaviour, even after the state’s financial resources were reduced to zero.

Compared to that complex period, what is happening today in Iraq seems like a form of madness.

It is shocking that the International Food Programme has declared Iraq a hunger-stricken country.

But the strange paradox is that at the time it was besieged, Iraq did not go hungry; while now, a rich Iraq sees it people falling into the throes of hunger.  There is no better indication than this,  that Iraq is now a failed state.

It is ironic that the Iraqi government disagreed with the World Food Programme about the definition of poverty and whether that definition means that the percentage of hungry people in Iraq has increased or decreased.

As international organisations rely on official documents, the report of the World Food Programme was very shocking. It indicated that more than 30 percent of Iraqis live below the poverty line, while 40 percent or more of the population are poor.

From the point of view of the Iraqi government, which does not deny these figures, poverty is varied and in some of its manifestations will not inevitably lead to hunger. Considering Iraq to be a country most of whose population is threatened by hunger, is a reality that is likely to strike a  raw political nerve, which the rulers of Iraq will not be able to easily dismiss.

Reality does not lie. There are Iraqis today looking for food in the dumpsters. That is an undeniable fact. It is not the creation of some hostile or sick mind. The issue is not related to the definition of the many types of poverty, but rather goes beyond that to the stage of sub-poverty.

The report of the World Food Programme confirms that Iraq is among the seven most hunger-stricken countries in the world. At the same time, Iraq boasts a financial surplus of $16 billion. A catastrophic paradox that is hard to believe. However, what Iraq witnessed after 2003, in terms of humanitarian disasters, puts this contradiction into the context of a state that was shattered and engulfed in corruption.

A third of Iraqis are hungry because there is whole class of new rich who found a way to seize the bulk of Iraq’s money. The rest of Iraqi funds is distributed in the form of salaries that keep the employees in the dizzying search for solutions amid generalised corruption that is socially-normalised, culturally-accepted and religiously endorsed by cheap fatwas.

In light of the sectarian tensions that Iraq is experiencing, the number of hungry people is not expected to decrease, but will inevitably rise. This does not constitute an obstacle to the advocates of reform who defend a democracy where they seek the votes  of the hungry, without heeding the crushing storm that these votes could eventually unleash on them.

Iraq is a hungry country. This is a tragic sentence. But it could be the tragedy that paves the way for salvation.

 

https://thearabweekly.com/iraq-rich-nation-where-people-go-hungry

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