Agriculture: self-sufficiency of wheat 2018

Agriculture: self-sufficiency of wheat 2018



5/22/2017 0:00

BAGHDAD / Taha Hussein
Revealed the Ministry of Agriculture for the next year will reach self-sufficiency in wheat crop produced locally by peasants and Almzaraein.alokel the oldest of the Ministry of the stage, Dr. Mehdi ligature Qaisi, predicted in a statement »Sabah» that the total production of the wheat crop produced up locally by peasants and farmers this year to more than three million and 650 thousand tons covers about 80 percent of the actual need for a country of this article Alstratejah.obin said the ministry in an effort to support farmers and farmers distributed devices and equipment sprinkler irrigation and drip irrigation to ensure the delivery of water to most of the territory of the Zruah especially that most of the agricultural lands that are cultivated not be equal to rise, so can not deliver water watering them evenly in the traditional irrigation cases, so felt the ministry specifically those backed by her services to address this problem is provided with farmers wheat and barley crops completely, in addition to the keenness the ministry to provide peasants fertilizers and other agricultural equipment.
He said al - Qaisi , that the ministry is also working to provide farmers and farmers with seeds higher ranks of the wheat crop produced locally through three specialized in this side of its companies which Mesopotamia and the Iraqi company company to produce seed and the center of the seed that is working to develop varieties of locally produced to live up to the global level of production technology including fit the local need of it.
He said the support of the peasants and farmers was not confined to the Ministry of Agriculture, but the Council of Ministers keen through his decision to number «117» for the year 2017 to provide $ 500 billion dinars to the ministries of agriculture and trade because they are the co -which are responsible for receiving the crop from farmers to Taatmkna give dues peasants to this year and previous years, stressing the need to deliver all their dues of farmers in a period not exceeding 10 days after the harvest handed over to the silos and warehouses of the Ministry of Commerce.
He stressed that these steps will contribute significantly to encourage farmers and farmers to develop the mechanics of farming of this crop is important is responsible for the provision of a loaf of bread to the citizen who in the event of the arrival of the local production of it to self - sufficiency would be the country has achieved a prerequisite of the terms of food security , which no less importance for providing security national of the country, and also stimulate the farmers to exploit larger tracts of land for cultivation and development of the form to which we aspire and hope to reach him.

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