A strategic plan to support agricultural crop production

A strategic plan to support agricultural crop production




30/8/2017 12:00 am

In a step to reduce their import from abroad
Baghdad / Taha Hussein
The Ministry of Agriculture prepared a strategic plan to support the production of crops by encouraging farmers and farmers to increase the rate of productivity of the dunum, which contributes to the efforts to promote the sector, while stressing the importance of taking the private sector role in the development of the agricultural economy of the country.
The official spokesman of the ministry Hamid Nayef said in a statement to the «morning»: that the ministry has important directions to support the local product as the basis in the development of the sector by protecting it from external imports, which drowns local markets at the time of peak availability, which contributes to low prices for the sale of crops and low returns The financial income of the peasant and consequently refrain from planting agricultural products for low economic returns.
He pointed out that the Ministry of Agriculture is not the only body responsible for protecting the local product, as it is submitting a letter to the Ministry of Commerce, in which it does not give import permission to the agricultural products available for trade to inform border ports not to allow the entry of these products to the country. Al-Nayef pointed out that the ministry coordinated with all relevant parties to prevent the importation of the product during its time. He pointed out that the entry of the importer is through illegal border ports. He pointed out that the protection of the local product is done by establishing the manufacturing plants such as canned foods, tomato paste, jams, jams and dates. Refrigeration stores to store surplus agricultural produce at the time of its availability.
He pointed out that the process of privatization to the private sector and rely entirely on its capabilities without the intervention of the state, should be a cornerstone of the agenda of the government, adding that the preparation of the mentality of the Iraqi farmer to adopt modern means of work and the formation of special associations to develop their work on the basis of taking market economics and requirements The free trade introduced by Iraq for the first time is a challenge for the Ministry of Agriculture, which started with real steps and adopted the rework of their work and set priorities especially for the agricultural areas and all governorates. He praised the efforts of the Ministry of Agriculture, which said it has increased its efforts to adopt agricultural research Adfh for the advancement of the sector in the country and overcome the problems caused by the long years of deliberate neglect of the system buried.

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