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    More than half of Iraq's population is threatened with famine

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    More than half of Iraq's population is threatened with famine Empty More than half of Iraq's population is threatened with famine

    Post by Rocky Wed 22 Nov 2017, 1:41 am

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    More than half of Iraq's population is threatened with famine


     Baghdad / Fadia Al-Jawari 

    Economists have stressed that food security in Iraq has become fragile and threatening to the lives of the population. After the country was satisfied with its production of agricultural crops and livestock, it has now become a food-free country that imports most of its food. Financial and administrative corruption is widespread in the post-2003 country, according to global reports, 53% of Iraq's population and 66% of IDPs are vulnerable to famine. 
    "Food security is one of the priorities of the policies of all the countries of the world because of the challenges facing the people of the world as a result of population increase, climate change and water scarcity," said Shuraouq Al-Abayji, member of the Committee on Agriculture and Water. "The budget for next year 2018 is devoid of strategy And that there are no future plans that show how to ensure food security in Iraq, especially with the spread of the phenomenon of poverty and the displaced and the spread of unemployment, noting that 53% of the population and 66% of the internally displaced are vulnerable to food insecurity, according to statistics of global reports.
    Abayji pointed out that the most important reasons for the weakness of food security in Iraq is the instability in the security situation and the weakness of the ability of the security and control bodies in all its forms to control the rhythm of market movement in its productive and import sectors, especially the Central Organization for Standardization and Quality Control, the Department of Economic Crime Control, To citizens, pointing out that "Iraq's budgets and plans have fallen from the five-year plans or four-year plans to develop an annual plan, noting" the need to use international organizations to develop plans for the strategy of food security, "asserting that" Global commodities and products and providing food security depends on the minimum domestic commodities in the country, virtually absent in Iraq. "
    Abaiji stressed the need to start improving the agricultural reality and improve the activity of the local market, as it is an integrated economic process for food security from agriculture, industry and transport, "stressing that corruption controls food security and impede the implementation of plans that are placed for the interests of the parties, which completely eliminated the ingredients of food security," pointing to "The budget set for 2018 is a digital budget devoid of the strategic plans in terms of agriculture and industry, a set of figures in which oil imports and each sector share separately from the other sector, confirming that food security is threatened and almost disappear because we are importing countries for the simplest commodities The local market is drowning in imported goods, agriculture is languishing, not to mention the financial crisis the country is experiencing. "
    For his part, the economist and academic d Saad al-Tamimi told (the extent) that "food security is not in Iraq, because of the decline of agriculture and industry and the increase of random imports, which swept the market at cheap prices against the rise in prices of domestic product, which is almost rare," pointing out that " The government in terms of food security is ink on paper and not implemented. " 
    Tamimi adds: Food security is one of the pillars of national security, without food security can only be achieved by the National, "noting that" Iraq's reliance on food on 65% of the imported materials, whether agricultural crops or meat, means that the country is threatened with food security, despite Its possession of the components of agriculture, which is a sign of imbalance in this sector must be addressed by government agencies and community organizations. "
    "The provision of food security starts from supporting agriculture, limiting the importation of agricultural crops produced in the country, as well as meat, and the Ministry of Commerce paying the dues of farmers and farmers, the construction of dams, water reservoirs, the elimination of salinity and desertification," said Abdul Rahman al-Mashhadani, an economist. Support farmers and farmers through the provision of mechanization and modern farming techniques and seeds improved and genetically improved with the launch of loans and investment opportunities to increase production and provide good work spaces contribute to the elimination of unemployment, "noting that" the island area has a wealth of The vessels of the task of livestock, as well as agricultural land to rain-fed, and residents of these areas need simple agricultural projects Kalpzul and paved roads connected to the cities and communities, as well as modern agricultural techniques and equipment for the development of the productive reality. "
    Mashhadani added that Iraq has about 22.1 million dunums suitable for irrigated agriculture and about 9.4 million dunums suitable for subsistence agriculture, and that most of the liberated areas are located within the island sector which depends on subsistence agriculture and that can contribute effectively to the maintenance of food security through the production of wheat and barley, Requires that the Ministry of Agriculture plans to promote the status of these lands and help farmers to continue production to provide the country with strategic crops. " 
    Mashhadani explained: The growth of the agricultural sector will be reflected on the industrial sector, as most crops are raw materials for food industry products such as tomatoes and Tata and all fruits and meat of all kinds and grains, pointing out that "diversity and competition in the agricultural sector provides a sound economic environment that directs funds towards beneficial investments reflected positively on the national economy."
    It is noteworthy that a joint report of the World Food Program and the Iraqi government, announced earlier that "more than half the population of Iraq at risk of food insecurity, and an urgent need of $ 113 million to cover the needs until the end of 2017, the report also considered that" Food security requires government, policy makers and humanitarian workers to work to improve food security. " 
    The report, which was prepared before the recent attack in Mosul and does not include the food security situation among people fleeing conflict, said that 2.5 percent of Iraqis Of food insecurity, A level of need for support, and noted that about 75% of children under the age of 15 worked to help their families rather than receive education.
    The data were collected in cooperation with the Iraqi government and concluded by the end of 2016. The survey included more than 20,000 Iraqi families in urban and rural areas, including internally displaced persons who still live in their homes. 
    Among the results of the analysis, 53% of the population and 66% of IDPs are vulnerable to food insecurity. 
    The prevalence of food insecurity was twice as high among IDP families as in the rest of households, and the highest concentration of food-insecure households was in the southern part of the country, particularly in northern Muthanna and parts of Salahuddin.

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