Parliamentary agriculture: agricultural production will be plentiful this year

2/29/2016 0:00

Baghdad Shaima Rashid

of the Committee on Agriculture, Water and marshes parliamentary expected to be agricultural production in the current year and very Vera as a result of loss of large amounts of rain, while calling for not making declarations that would increase the standoff between the federal government and the province against the backdrop of preventing the importation of poultry from Kurdistan .

Committee chairman Furat al - Tamimi, in an interview for the "morning": " the agricultural production this year will be plentiful because of the loss of large amounts of rain early, something will encourage peasants and farmers to plant large areas", and drew Tamimi that " the budget public allocated within the clauses funds to support the peasants and farmers through the purchase of strategic crops of beans and wheat , or by selling fertilizer at a subsidized price. "

and on the application of the tariff, chairman of the Committee on Agriculture representative pointed out that it" applied in some provinces of South and private ones , "adding that" some ports, including the Kurdistan region of outlets has not applied and did not abide by them, something is a great challenge for local product. "

Tamimi said that" flooding the local markets for goods imported policy has caused delays in the agricultural sector to the day , "stressing that" the imposition of the tariff will raise agricultural production and lead to market recovery local and stop bleeding hard currency. "

about the host committee for the delegation from the province, al - Tamimi said that the Committee had discussed with the minister of agriculture province , Abdul Sattar Majid and general managers accompanying reasons prevent the import of poultry from the province and the application of the tariff in the northern ports, noting that" the poultry injury in the region flu bird was behind the prevention of poultry products, was highlighted that there is a continuing and meetings ongoing in this regard, especially as the disease threatens the lives of the people which is fast disease spread through the air and animal products. "

the Supreme Committee for the follow - up pandemic influenza in the Council of Ministers disease earlier announced prevent import of poultry and poultry products from the province of Kurdistan and international border adjacent to him after monitoring cases of "bird flu , " a number of fields of the region, while many of the measures taken to prevent transmission of the disease to the rest of the Iraqi provinces confirmed.

The ban was a reaction by the province, has called Tamimi state officials not to launch media statements that would increase the crisis between Baghdad and the region, and stressed that dialogue is the best solution for all of Alshakl which addresses the issue , saying that such statements illogical. The agriculture minister of the Kurdistan region has threatened to cut off water for the central and southern provinces in response to the decision to ban poultry Center entry.