Anbar achieved self-sufficiency of wheat after a break for years

Anbar achieved self-sufficiency of wheat after a break for years

2019/4/5 16:07

Anbar achieved self-sufficiency of wheat after a break for years(Baghdad: Al-Furat News) The local government in the city of Ramadi, the center of Anbar province, for the planting of 80 thousand acres of wheat after a break for years because of the security situation.
“The farmers in Anbar province have been able to turn large parts of the Tash and Krishan areas adjacent to the city of Ramadi to large green oases through the cultivation of wheat with an area of ​​up to 80 thousand acres,” Rami Ibrahim al-Aousaj said in a press statement. Has reached the stage of self-sufficiency through the cultivation of these crops. ”
“The city of Qaim north-west of Anbar was considered a basket of food for the province, but after the deterioration of security conditions and the control of the organization urged desert areas moved agriculture near the center of the province is Ramadi.”
“In the coming seasons, the areas will grow more and the crops will grow,” he said

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