Agriculture: security events prevented the achievement of self-sufficiency

Agriculture: security events prevented the achievement of self-sufficiency



10/26/2014



Baghdad / term-Presse

Farmers announced wheat and barley crops in southern areas and west of Kirkuk, last Friday, their reluctance to cultivate their land because of the control of militants (Daash) by last June, and with Benoit that the organization "destroy them agriculturally," emphasized the lack of inclusion maintain agricultural plan winter, even though it represents a "basket Iraqi bread. "
Farms behind Mejbel Jubouri said in an interview to the "long-Presse," "I could not ground the cultivation of this winter season because of the deteriorating security situation in the west and south of Kirkuk, and the difficulty of receipt of the seed crops or fertilizers or revise agricultural extension or get agricultural plan of cultivation Kirkuk circle."
Jubouri said that "(Daash), destroyed agricultural We not only have our land and our agriculture, which recognized for it and believe in our strength and provide dozens of jobs for the unemployed."
For his part, the farmer, Ahmed Mohammed al-Obeidi said in an interview to the "long-Presse," that "most of the peasants of the south and west of Kirkuk, who have nearly half a million agricultural acres of irrigated or Aldema region, which described it Iraqi bread basket of the first and Kirkuk, Iraq, planting maize, wheat and cotton have been deprived of them a lack of confidence in the future and those who will promote the product and quotient shall transfer and protection. "
Obeidi said that "silo Hawija, under the control of (Daash), and the road between Kirkuk and cities cut off and the staff of Agriculture did not include recently Kirkuk winter plan because our areas under the control of the organization."
Turn farms Jassim Mekhlef Naimi said in an interview to the "long-Presse", "The peasants have no access to fertilizers and pesticides, as well as fuel (kerosene), which operates the majority of agricultural water pumps, which supply water to land artesian wells scattered in abundance in these areas.
For its part, announced the Ministry of Agriculture, on Saturday, they strive to reach self-sufficiency in various crops, and while confirming that the security events in the provinces of Nineveh and Salahuddin prevented the achievement of self-sufficiency in wheat and vegetables, expressed their readiness for the winter season through crop support Winter.
Technical agent for the Ministry of Agriculture Mehdi ligature Qaisi said in an interview to the "long-Presse," that "the ministry is striving to link to self-sufficiency in various crops, including wheat, barley and maize and also vegetables," pointing out that "the wheat crop reached self-sufficiency not for the security events that have occurred in the provinces of Nineveh and Salahuddin, as well as vegetables. "
Qaisi "The barley crop arrived mattresses self-sufficiency evidence that there are about 60 thousand tons of barley, which is rounded of last year until this season, and we have a surplus of it," noting that "the barley crop is in support of the livestock has been despatched fully to beneficiaries in all the provinces. "
Qaisi and continued it in "this year has been delivered 361 000 tonnes of maize, a large amount where it was dried and distributed to the fancier, particularly poultry farmers, has run out of each quantity."
In another context Qaisi confirmed that "The ministry has completed its readiness for the winter season through the winter crop seeds quantities of water and support, as well as chemical fertilizer," noting that "the distribution of large quantities of them to the farmers in the whole of Iraq."
The Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture announced that, in the (March 15, 2014), from near self-sufficiency in vegetables, and confirmed that last season saw the reclamation of 1.0005 million thousand acres of agricultural land and the granting of agricultural loans to about 100 thousand households, as revealed and the Ministry of Water Resources for the need to $ 18 billion to reclaim 8.5 million acres of land.

Also noteworthy that the Iraqi agricultural sector suffered a significant decline for years, due to the numerous wars during the previous period, as well as the scarcity of water, and the lack of government support, and follow the opening-up policy is studied on the import of agricultural products from abroad, so that Iraq has become one of the major importing countries of agricultural products in the region.

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