Planting more than a million acres of wheat and barley in Wasit

by **chouchou** Mon 21 Oct 2013, 2:58 am

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Planting more than a million acres of wheat and barley in Wasit

by chouchou Mon 21 Oct 2013, 2:58 am

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Wasit province has allocated more than a million acres for the cultivation of wheat and barley for the next winter season.

The head of the Agricultural Committee in the provincial council Hashim Turki al-Awadi's (Center Brief in the Iraqi Media Network), said that the agricultural plan for the winter season for the cultivation of wheat and barley included million and 20 thousand acres distributed among the general areas of the province by relying on the main sources of water, noting that maintaining استحصلت approval of the Ministry of Oil for processing machines tillage by 5 liters of fuel versus dunum and equipping tractors agricultural registered with the Department of Agriculture to maintain the amount of 400 liters per week, as well as processing tractors are not registered with 400 liters per month of product oil and gas processing pumps irrigation farming which does not increase its capacity to The 60-horsepower electric generators by operational capability.

He added that the plan also included the processing of farmers with seeds improved by 30 kg per acre is supported by 80 percent of the official price according to the agricultural plan for this year, in addition to finding new outlets for the provision of pesticides and organic fertilizers from the origins global good.

Awadi pointed to the exclusion of the agricultural process of programmed pieces of electrical current during the initial الرية process, recalling that and Wasit topping the provinces in the process of marketing strategy that crops including wheat and barley, as achieved in past seasons for grain production.

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by Wayne Irby Mon 21 Oct 2013, 5:05 am

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Re: Planting more than a million acres of wheat and barley in Wasit

by Wayne Irby Mon 21 Oct 2013, 5:05 am

This is a step in the right direction, Iraq needs to do more to grow their own food & diversify their economy, so they will not have rely only on oil & import most of their food & other products used!