Iraq imports more than (60%) of rice annually and (35%) of other crops

Iraq imports more than (60%) of rice annually and (35%) of other crops

17/02/2014

Iraq imports more than (60%) of rice annually and (35%) of other cropsBAGHDAD / JD / .. Criticized the Committee on Agriculture and Water Parliamentary plans of the Ministry of Agriculture to increase the domestic production of crops strategy, indicating that Iraq imports annually more than 60% of the local market need for the rice crop and more than (35%) for crops of wheat, barley and maize.
A member of the Committee Deputy Fouad Alldorki Agency / JD /: “The current production of crops (wheat, barley, rice and maize) inadequate to the need for local, state still imports more than 60% of the local market need for the rice crop and more than (35%) crops of wheat, barley and maize. ”
He added that the Ministry of Agriculture has developed plans for how to market the crop and did not develop a plan for how to increase production through the creation of new varieties and improved varieties of seeds and fertilizers to farmers, which helps increase production and amounts to double to achieve self-sufficiency of it. / End / 8 /

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