Resources: We did not specify the agricultural areas and our priorities are drinking water

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 Baghdad: Shatha Al-Janabi

The Ministry of Water Resources has not yet determined the agricultural areas allocated for the upcoming summer plan crops, stressing that its priorities now revolve around providing drinking water.
Iraq is going through the third dry season in a row, which caused the depletion of its water storage, which was achieved by the savings achieved during the flood season of 2019, at a time when it faces major challenges to provide sufficient water quotas for the wheat crop during the upcoming winter plan, to support the food items, in light of the entry of the (Russian) war. Ukrainian) is in its second month and the catastrophic effects it has caused in the world grain markets. The spokesperson for the Ministry of Resources, Ali Radi, said: “The areas for planting crops for the coming summer have not yet been determined due to the failure to approve the summer plan, which it is hoped will be announced during the coming period,” revealing that “there are several determinants on which decision-makers in the Ministries of Agriculture and Resources rely to approve the plan.” This is the nature of the water year, and the amount of the current storage, in addition to the quantities of water resulting from the ongoing snow melting process.”
And he indicated that "the priority of the ministry is currently centered on providing drinking water and human consumption within Baghdad and the governorates," stressing in this context "the ministry's keenness to secure water quotas for agricultural lands and according to the available water storage, in order to contribute to the development of the agricultural sector by adopting the lifting of all violations of the taboos of rivers and streams in coordination with the forces the wish".
The ministry had confirmed earlier last month that this summer will be "harsh" due to the quantities of water available, which are still "modest", which is 50 percent less than last year's.
Rady pointed out that "the sycamore crop needs large amounts of water because it is irrigated by immersion, in addition to the effect of high temperatures in the summer, which contribute to an increase in the evaporation process at a very high rate," calling on farmers and farmers to "adopt modern irrigation technologies, and rationalize water use." and not to override the water quotas to ensure that they reach the beneficiaries in a fair and complete manner.
Editing: Mustafa Majid
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