The production of wheat in Babylon exceeds 100 thousand tons

The production of wheat in Babylon exceeds 100 thousand tons

 Babylon / Iqbal Mohammed

The Directorate of Agriculture of the province of Babylon, that the quantities marketed from the wheat crop for the current agricultural season amounted to more than 160 thousand tons through marketing centers in the province, expected to market more than 350 thousand tons of wheat end of the season, while farmers said that the price of wheat this year is very little Commensurate with the volume of efforts.
"The quantities marketed for the wheat crop for the current agricultural season reached more than 160 thousand tons of farmers through the five marketing centers deployed in the province, namely Silat Hilla old and new Hilla and Haidari and Almdahtip and Mradiya," said the director of agriculture of Babylon, Salah Mahdi al-Geshmi, Receiving centers and wheat testing laboratories in the marketing centers operate continuously and there is no holiday in order to expedite the examination of the crop. "
"The current wheat crop season is promising and it is expected that more than 350,000 tons of wheat will be marketed for this season, because farmers and investors have planted more than 300,000 dunums of wheat, including more than 220,000 dunums for the national wheat development program," he said. By water resources. "
Al-Gheshmi pointed out that "the national wheat development program launched by the Ministry of Agriculture a few years ago and implemented by hundreds of farmers proved its success in increasing the yield of one dunum of more than 1250 kg by applying a modern technology package." For the purpose of developing the capacity of farmers and farmers and the use of modern agricultural techniques such as laser settlement and seeded fertilizer and micro-fertilizers and pesticides and protect them from pests and diseases and study of soil, water and the environment.
For his part, the director of the media of the cultivation of Babylon, Ahmed Sabah (range), the General Company for the grain trade in the province and through the five delivery outlets received tens of thousands of wheat crop and examined in the labs deployed in the delivery outlets through 9472 cars carrying different weights, "Refused a thousand car loaded with wheat for the reasons of increasing the proportion of barley and increase the proportion of impurities and the presence of insect storage and smells foul and other reasons."
In turn, the farmer Karim Naama, confirmed that the wheat season for this season bodes well but we suffer from a big problem is overcrowding in front of the five receiving centers in the province.
He added that "our suffering lies in delaying the inspection of the crop in the laboratories in the centers." He called on the local government to "increase the wheat receiving centers and make one center in each district or area to facilitate the task of receiving and clearing the farmer from increasing the wages of cars due to waiting for days "He said.
Al-Falah al-Babali pointed out that "the price of wheat crop for this year is very low, not commensurate with farmers' efforts and expenses to grow their land, so we demand a change in the new pricing."





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