Local agricultural crops facing marketing, manufacturing and export challenges

Local agricultural crops facing marketing, manufacturing and export challenges



07/05/2017 0:00

Farmers were forced to destroy their production due to low prices
BAGHDAD / Hussein Tgb - Mustafa al-Hashemi
The agricultural sector began to prove its existence and the Aljdlal cutter he is able to cover domestic demand for most agricultural crops which enrich us about the need for other markets and the impact on the economy of the country, where witnessing this is marked by presenting large volumes of crops outweigh the need of the market and the strange thing can not handle surplus to serve the national economy, as well as the continued display of imported crops in local markets.
Ministry of Agriculture expert Abdul - Hussein al - Hakim said: "The ministry has a calendar regulating the entry of agricultural crops to local markets during the months the year under this calendar is determined by imports from various crop - day production peak determined by specialized teams within the ministry 's production," pointing out that the current periods represent peak production of some crops, which requires the existence of mechanisms to serve this production peak to maintain the farm and productive energies, where he leads the lack of demand for crops to move away from the earth , the farmer or decline invested space , and this in turn carries negative effects in the host economy Of
the national economy. Border control said in an interview with the "morning" the ministry feel the concerned authorities at the border crossing points to work to prevent a particular crop during the period determined by the Ministry of Agriculture, pointing out that sometimes find some crops during periods and this is outside the ministry 's tasks was not aware of them by entering these crops , despite the ban, noting the importance of working to control the border and prevent the work of illegal border crossings and raise the level of administration in the official ports to maintain the support of the national economy. The experience of local markets display large volumes exceed the domestic demand of the quality of agricultural crops produced locally than the agricultural sector to introduce significant losses. Canning plants Hakim pointed out that solutions to the problem of a surplus in the display of agricultural crops times of peak production lies in the activation of agricultural industries , and this is very important, we have in the Ministry of Agriculture requests for the establishment of the production of tomato paste coefficient and this is a positive and start on the road to dealing with surplus crops the market need, where you must do the private sector role in the creation of canning of the various types of crop plants, and the ministry is working to promote the reality of the establishment of agro - industries supported the idea of achieving industrial integration of agriculture and the resulting benefit of the country, stressing the need to include the calendar governing entry crop All what is produced inside Iraq for not identify each other. And the need to be our bridges of cooperation with neighboring countries and the countries of the world that have a desire to import some Iraqi agricultural crops being characterized by the specifications are not available in other crops produced in various countries of the world , and we are exporting our crops to those countries. Farmer Hamid Ahmad Fayyad said in his speech to the "morning" that agricultural crops suffer low demand in local markets to ratios lead farms to review accounts and not to invest their land in the coming seasons because the concerned authorities in this matter did not take the initiative to deal with this problem , which is now repeated a year without any treatment. Great challenges and noted the need to consider this issue patriotically because farms, despite the significant challenges works and produces quantities covering the actual need for the local market, but when you find crops imported , then it needs to be a serious stand by everyone, where is the entry of crops imported into the domestic market demolition of the country 's economy. Fayyad said that the continued display crop of tomatoes and cucumbers for several days in the wholesale market without a request led to the prescribed farmers to destroy their crops and in this matter considerable losses on the Iraqi economy, noting that some wholesale markets in the areas of production exposure of tomato and cucumber crops as well as watermelon less than 100 dinars per kilogram , and these prices do not cover 5 percent of the costs of production. Industrial Projects Economic member Baghdad forum Hadi Hndas said in his speech to the "morning" the need to do investment in agricultural industries , and there is a great desire of local and international specialized investment companies to establish industrial projects for various fields of packaging and manufacturing, adding that it needs to create a new environment for investment works a real attraction for the effort wishing to work in this field away from all forms of red tape that accompanies such trends. Surplus Hndas demanded a pause national serious to deal with this issue, when we call for activating agricultural production , which is the oil is always supportive of a real country 's economy and the federal budget , we find our production covers the need and achieve a surplus despite the significant challenges that accompany his work not privy to deal with the surplus becomes a production burden on the farmer The obvious flaw and that the tasks of the parties concerned should reconsider them. The adoption of solutions and suggested that initiate the relevant authorities to deal with this matter through the adoption of several solutions in the forefront to be agreed with packing plants and processing of agricultural crops in the neighboring countries and rent them for a price for the manufacture of the surplus of local crops and displayed in our local markets or other markets require these materials, there are markets in regional countries want Iraqi agricultural crops and thus we have achieved a balance in the supply and demand of local Bmahasilna quality as we achieve a great benefit of the national economy rather than destroyed without any benefit and interest to those who return their destruction. The absence of plans in the same context , said agricultural expert Samir Yas - Obeidi: The absence of effective plans that support the farmer 's production of crops has a significant role in the decline in domestic agricultural production prices , forcing the farmer to destroy the production season of crops. He said in an interview for "morning" that the existence of strategic plans of the Ministry of Agriculture to ensure support for farmers and farmers, stressing that the agricultural initiative came to fruition , but the lack of coordination between production policies and import led to the peasants the destruction of their crops to protest the low prices they do not cover the costs of what has been spent from amounts on agriculture , the process of plowing and fertilizers , to harvest, transport and others. Marketing companies saw al - Obeidi , the need for a group of traders companies for the marketing of agricultural crops, especially good for the production of crops in order to export it or direct it to the food industry in order to achieve the economic viability of the farmers efforts in support of the country 's economy, noting the possibility for marketers to adopt reciprocity and flooding the neighboring countries of products policy Agricultural Iraq. He pointed out the need to import a number of agricultural products stopped, along with the adoption of the quality of plans to benefit from agricultural crops as factories or mobile and close to the workshops of the fields for the production of tomato paste and packing the rest of the crop, stressing the importance of the presence of refrigerated warehouses for its effectiveness in preserving the products Alzeraih.oaguetrah al - Obeidi to encourage Iraqi families to benefit from the methods adopted in the drying or the production and manufacture of tomato and other crops domestically to ensure the success of the agricultural process and saves the farmer effort in production. Production support and continued: It is necessary to state intervention in this aspect and support production through the operation of canning factories and encouraging the purchase of the crop from the farmer prices rewarding, pointing out that the Iraqi citizen looking for price best suited for good crop when buying vegetables from the markets, indicating the role of (Allawi) in determining price. Obeidi confirmed that this is not the first time the peasants and farmers are the destruction of their crops in protest at low prices as the previous years have seen similar cases to protest against the decline in tomato, eggplant prices and other crops that consume the farmer 's efforts throughout the season , hit by prices that do not cover production costs. For her part , she said economic researcher Aya Adel said the success of the agricultural process in Iraq requires the coordination of all efforts and provide government support for farmers and farms to ensure the achievement of material fair returns for farmers and an appropriate price for the citizen. Adel said in an interview with the "morning" that the dumping of agricultural commodity crops from neighboring countries contributed significantly to the decline of the national product prices for the lack of equal competition between production and import. Poor coordination and pointed to the need to bear bodies based on the agricultural file consequences of the weakness of winning coordination in the agricultural calendar which impacted negatively on the agricultural reality of the country, stressing that a major role in providing food security and reduce the waste of money on the import farmer support agriculture at a time in which the country All crops of fruits and vegetables , as well as the production of strategic crops involved in Alsnaah.otdaol activists on social networking sites carrying pictures of a car belonging to one of the peasants , which throws his cucumbers in the open in order to destroy it in protest at low prices in the market and not to achieve Alambl Which was spent on the cultivation of the crop throughout the season farming.


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