7/1/2015
wheat and rice
The Ministry of Commerce confirmed the stability of the food situation in Iraq and the presence of large stocks of strategic ones such as wheat and rice particularly food vocabulary which dispels fears of the risk of famine or severe food shortages because of the security situation and increase the number of displaced people. The ministry said, according to a statement received by the agency all of Iraq [where] a copy of it, in response to an international report of the Institute for [Karbinge Peace] in which it warned of famine could threaten Iraq it is "important stocks of strategic vocabulary that form the priority needs of the Iraqi citizen, especially after the success of the bodies Marketing material wheat campaign which this year exceeded the figures task which opens the doors to rely entirely on the local product in the coming years after combined government efforts to ensure the success of the cultivation of wheat campaign ".
Denied trade "as reported by the report of the Institute [Karbinge peace of inaccurate observations and concerns of a severe shortage of food because of the long which is causing famine in the Iraq conflict," usually "the points made in it is calculated and far from private objectivity and the Iraqi government and parliament priority attention a major topic of food security as well as the success of the crop marketing which has achieved good success were received until the crop of hot and nearby areas of military confrontations plan. "
He stressed the ministry statement on the importance of that "understands the Iraqi people that there is no risk of famine in Iraq and that the government ways to provide food security by relying on local product and contracts conducted by the Ministry of Trade with Arab and international companies to provide the ration card items through an integrated system lacks it may bodies Many countries in the region and the world and is the guarantor of food security in most parts of the country. "
The Carnegie Institute of Peace said in a report Sunday, "The long-standing conflict in Iraq generates a shortage in food locally while the cause is flexible policies and the lack of liquidity of the government, down domestic food production and increased reliance on imports in the long run."
He added that "about 30 percent of Iraqis below the poverty line, which is much higher in the poorest provinces, a communities already suffering the limited resources and basic foodstuffs and the situation is getting worse because of the high numbers of internally displaced persons."
According to the report, "Iraq has lost about one million tons of wheat since June 2014 as a result of entry regulation Daash who seized a large section of stored crops and transferred to Syria, and the crops that farmers have kept confiscated and sold at discounted prices or left to spoil."
The institute said that "the increase in the number of internally displaced persons, which is currently estimated at around three million people as well as the presence of some 250 000 refugees from Syria caused greater pressure on food supplies and reserves the strategy in Iraq."
According to the report, "the government is unable to provide food aid to displaced persons through the public distribution system, because of the flexibility of supply, as well as to a lack of government reserves of commodities in the food basket of the PDS, and not to transfer government food to the whereabouts of displaced people ".
Ouhz, Carnegie that "the ongoing Iraq crisis, as well as government policies inflexible and faced financial challenges, pushing the country's population to food insecurity", calling for "a proactive approach in policy-making and management of aid in order to prevent entry in a vicious circle begins fueling the flames of famine and more conflict, "in the words of Altgarir.anthy
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