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Iraq loses more than two million tons of wheat due to water scarcity
economy Iraq agricultural associations wheat crop
2021-09-03 08:21
Shafaq News/ The head of the Union of Farmers' Societies, Haider Al-Abadi, said on Friday that the shortage of agricultural crops is a result of water scarcity.
Al-Abadi told Shafaq News Agency, "We have lost more than two million tons of wheat crop due to lack of water and non-payment of farmers' dues," noting that
the country's production was supposed to reach 6 million tons.
According to the figures of the Iraqi Ministry of Trade, Iraq's production reached 4.539 million tons of local wheat in the current season, achieving self-sufficiency for the third year in a row.
The Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture expected that the local production would reach 6 million tons.
Iraq needs to reach the stage of self-sufficiency in the wheat crop to 4.2 million tons annually, in addition to one million tons imported for the purposes of improving quality by mixing it with local wheat.
Al-Abadi pointed out that "the next season will witness a clear shortage in the production of agricultural crops," explaining that
"the management of the water file is incorrect in Iraq."
Iraq loses more than two million tons of wheat due to water scarcity
economy Iraq agricultural associations wheat crop
2021-09-03 08:21
Shafaq News/ The head of the Union of Farmers' Societies, Haider Al-Abadi, said on Friday that the shortage of agricultural crops is a result of water scarcity.
Al-Abadi told Shafaq News Agency, "We have lost more than two million tons of wheat crop due to lack of water and non-payment of farmers' dues," noting that
the country's production was supposed to reach 6 million tons.
According to the figures of the Iraqi Ministry of Trade, Iraq's production reached 4.539 million tons of local wheat in the current season, achieving self-sufficiency for the third year in a row.
The Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture expected that the local production would reach 6 million tons.
Iraq needs to reach the stage of self-sufficiency in the wheat crop to 4.2 million tons annually, in addition to one million tons imported for the purposes of improving quality by mixing it with local wheat.
Al-Abadi pointed out that "the next season will witness a clear shortage in the production of agricultural crops," explaining that
"the management of the water file is incorrect in Iraq."
