Domestic agricultural crops are falling in front of the importer

Domestic agricultural crops are falling in front of the importer


 Baghdad / Range

The Committee on Agriculture and Water accused the parliamentary, among others, the Ministry of Agriculture of default and mismanagement and confusion in the activation of the file of agricultural products strategy that enter into the manufacture of a lot of materials, indicating that many reasons led to neglect and decline in the cultivation of those crops, the most important policy of flooding the market, which has not been stopped To date and the non-activation of the laws of product protection and customs tariff, to an expert on economic affairs, that financial and administrative corruption, especially at the border crossings, has affected to a very large extent in the process of economic and social development of the country, and undermined many initiatives to benefit For the agricultural side of the strategic crops and others.


The Iraqi government launched a comprehensive initiative to improve the agricultural reality of the country in August 2008, and set a time limit of ten years to reach Iraq self-sufficiency of the strategic crops, which included the support of farmers with seeds, fertilizers and agricultural pesticides, land reclamation and ensure the purchase of production of crops The strategy of market prices, in addition to the allocation of various lending funds, including the existing and new Nakheel Development Fund, the Modern Irrigation Technologies Fund, the Livestock Fund, the Strategic Projects Support Fund and the Microfinance Loan Fund. Unless Iraq is developing so far , or self - sufficiency of these crops , according to specialists.
The head of the Committee on Agriculture and Water, Fratt Tamimi, said in an interview for (range) the strategic crops many and many, including what is included within the ration card items such as wheat and milk, where the allocation of funds in the federal budget, is to pay the state amounts in exchange for the receipt of farmers, Such as sunflower seeds, cotton and maize, which fall within the manufacturing industries, the decline of these crops is related to many reasons, including the policy of dumping and high production costs, and the lack of commitment by the government to be received by the farmers belong to the Ministry of Agriculture, noting that the non-application of customs tariff Imported goods are another reason for the lack of interest in these crops.
Tamimi said:
Today, the imported product, whether cotton or other, which is imported into the garment industry, is imported less than the cost of its local production of raw materials, in addition to the cost of production of other transformational industries related to labor, electricity and other matters. Therefore, the entire agricultural sector is stagnant, Or the material of vegetables and fruits, and the main reason is due to the lack of protection of the national product, although Iraq had a successful experience relying on these crops in the years of blockade imposed on Iraq, but the dumping of the market and the opening of the border without controls are those led to the decline of these crops.
Tamimi said: That the committee demanded and made a lot of recommendations, including on the need to sensitize the Iraqi farms using modern technologies in agriculture for seeds, and called for the protection of the national product and the application of customs tariffs and strict control by the Ministry of Health, and its actions towards food products related to misuse and falsification of originators in addition to the role of customs And border ports and even the security services being the Ministry of Agriculture and the role of the role of the role, and steadily: At the time we do not deny the existence of confusion and shortness and mismanagement by agriculture in the management of agricultural products file and control and re-effectiveness .
The economic expert Majid al-Suri, in an interview with (the extent) that the financial and administrative corruption, especially at the border crossings affects a very large degree in the process of economic and social development and here is the basic problem of the country, which must be put an end, Therefore, there is a lot of things related to development has been decided but not implemented, including the initiative of the Central Bank in the allocation of five trillion dinars for banks specialized in agricultural, industrial and real estate, and trillion dinars for private banks, but have not been exploited correctly so far, There is a disruption to the process of economic and social development.
And the picture: That there is enormous potential in Iraq to start a comprehensive process of economic and social development, whether it is industrial agricultural tourism if attention to bring us large financial resources, and there is also enormous potential to reduce the import process now exist and pay attention to the development of agricultural sectors, industrial and commercial to meet the needs of the people These are all issues that contribute to the advancement of the local product at all levels and to maximize the financial resources of the State has been raised in many seminars and conferences, but not taken into consideration of the concerned, which exacerbated the problem we have. According to those concerned with the agricultural issue, after 2003, Iraq did not take into consideration its strategic crops, such as cotton and artificial sunflowers, as part of its planned plans. The crop of maize is also on the brink of a hole after the cost of planting it is not equal to Offers prices for the farmer.


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