One million dinars is the price of a dunum..Farmers bid farewell to their lands to escape drought

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[size=52]One million dinars is the price of a dunum..Farmers bid farewell to their lands to escape drought[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad / Murad Hussein[/size]
[size=45]Since last year, Iraq has been suffering from a major water crisis that has led to the drying up of large agricultural areas in most of the provinces. This drought prompted a number of farmers to sell their lands and change their way of living. Water shortages and drought forced the Iraqi government to halve the cultivated lands during the winter season. Past.[/size]
[size=45]Agricultural migration to the cities[/size]
[size=45]A spokesman for the Ministry of Agriculture, Hamid Al-Nayef, confirmed in an interview with Al-Mada that “the scarcity of water, global warming, and the lack of rain and water revenues cast a shadow over farmers and farmers, and because of that, agricultural areas were reduced, as happened in the winter plan for last year, to 50%.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Nayef added, "Water has a major role in influencing farmers and peasants, but there are steps by the state for rural and societal stability, represented by sprinklers, irrigation systems and the use of wells for agriculture until negotiations with neighboring countries are reached."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out, "These treatments have succeeded to some extent, but so far they need a lot, and steps are proceeding in this direction, and we are waiting for financial support in order to implement a number of steps to help farmers, farmers and poultry breeders."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Nayef pointed out that "Iraq has an agricultural identity, as the farmer clings to his land, even if he cannot cultivate it, he cannot migrate, but he may change his way of living or resort to other places."[/size]
[size=45]He stressed, "Returning to the agricultural sector is very easy once water is provided or rain falls, and there is now no immigration in its full sense, but there are cases of ways to change the policy of living," stressing that "some farmers left their land, but not permanently, but because of a lack of water.”[/size]
[size=45]Government measures to secure “Iraqi bread”[/size]
[size=45]In the context, Al-Nayef confirmed, “The ministry presented a road map to the Council of Ministers, approved it and submitted it to the House of Representatives and the Finance Committee, in addition to placing it within the law on emergency support for food security, which the ministry hopes to take its full extent in the field of implementation.”[/size]
[size=45]And he noted, "The budget that can solve the current problems that were set within the plan submitted to the prime minister, is approximately one trillion and 900 billion to fully advance the agricultural sector."[/size]
[size=45]And Al-Nayef said, "The ministry is waiting to release this amount in order to communicate with farmers and provide support with seeds, fertilizers and veterinary vaccines for poultry to contribute to the process of reducing egg prices and also support farmers through irrigation systems."[/size]
[size=45]And he added, "Agriculture requested other sums of up to 400 billion dinars for the irrigation system through groundwater, especially since the ministry has strategic plans in the Muthanna desert, Anbar and Najaf."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Nayef explained that “2022 is a very dry year compared to previous years, as well as the reduction of water reserves by the Ministry of Water Resources by 60% compared to last year, coinciding with the Russian-Ukrainian war and the high prices of foodstuffs, and these are all cumulative reasons that led to the reduction of the agricultural plan, Consequently, I presented a plan to plant 6 million dunams, noting that “we were able to plant two and a half million agricultural units on irrigation and two million on wells, and therefore our production plan for this year may reach nearly two million and 500 thousand tons of wheat.”[/size]
[size=45]He stressed that "this quantity, if it has been achieved, is an achievement; Because it suffices Iraq until the end of this year and provides bread for the Iraqis, in addition to the fact that Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi allowed the Ministry of Commerce to provide strategic stocks of flour and rice.[/size]
[size=45]One million dinars for one acre.[/size]
[size=45]In turn, the head of the local union of agricultural associations in Diyala, Raad Al-Tamimi, told Al-Mada that "a number of farmers in Diyala province have sold areas of their lands, attributing the matter to the drying up of those areas and the inability to cultivate them, in addition to the bad economic situation in which they live due to scarcity." water.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Tamimi added, "A number of farmers in Diyala Governorate have sold parts of their lands due to the lack of agricultural or material benefit from them due to drought," noting that "the percentage of farmers who have sold their lands ranges between 10% to 15%."[/size]
[size=45]He added that "the price of one acre was sold for one million Iraqi dinars, and it may reach a little more," noting that "the aim of selling the lands is to obtain sums of money that would secure them a livelihood, since the drought negatively affected their social and economic life."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out that "a number of farmers turned to work and professions other than agriculture because of the drought, including (employment), while others went to other governorates in search of work and finding new ways to ensure their livelihood."[/size]
[size=45]And he indicated that "Iran promised to increase water releases in the coming days," explaining that "the increase in water releases from Iran, if achieved, will have a good impact in solving the drought and desertification crisis in the province."[/size]
[size=45]The World Bank warned last November that Iraq, a country of 41 million people, could suffer a 20% reduction in drinking water resources by 2050 due to climate change.[/size]
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