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Consumers are concerned of the repercussions of the crisis on the Syrian and Iranian economy
Date: Thursday, 09.02.2012 8:50
Baghdad / follow-up term
, traders said, "vegetables" in Baghdad say they are concerned about the imposition of economic sanctions on Iran as well as the deterioration of security and political situation in Syria on the overall market vegetables Iraqi-based, they said the large proportions which produced by countries, as regarded the Ministry of Agriculture of local production
Sufficient to meet the requirements of the Iraqi market, confirmed that the concern that some people do not talk about it baseless and intended to personal benefit. And adopt the local market mainly after 2003 on vegetables imported from Turkey, Iran and Syria, while Iraq was before this history is self-sufficient in vegetable crops. And the former Iraqi government has launched a comprehensive initiative for the advancement of agricultural reality in the country in July 2007, and set a time limit of ten years to achieve the Iraq phase of self-sufficiency in strategic crops.
The initiative includes, among other things, support the farmers with seeds, fertilizers and pesticides, land reclamation, and ensure the purchase of production of strategic crops at market prices, and control of animal diseases, agricultural, and to provide financial aid to the peasants and farmers.
He said a wholesale vegetable Alwa good south of Baghdad, named Iyad earner, told the Kurdish news agency (Rn), "We import large quantities of certain vegetables, Syria, and so that there are goods to be imported from Iran on the grounds that local production of vegetables is not enough to meet the market requirements, especially in the winter season, but we are monitoring the situation in the countries that we import them, the situation in which does not bode well. "
He explained that "local production in the winter of vegetables is not enough, especially after the abandonment of hundreds of farmers to their farms in the provinces of Najaf, Karbala, Basra, and these provinces were singing the market in the majority of the provincial production during the summer, so it became import from Syria and Iran is necessary to compensate for the shortfall, but expect a big increase in the coming period that the vegetables grown at the situation in Iran and Syria for the worse. " So says Iyad earner. And shows the beauty on the one vegetable vendors central Baghdad's Karrada concern is the other end of the damage the crisis, the Syrian and Iranian on the reality of living in Iraq over the high prices of vegetable crops, especially imported from those countries.
He explained that "stop import of vegetable crops from Syria and Iran Sadharna all, I work throughout the day to earn a living my family, and I know that prices now are high and can not all families buy what you need from fruit and vegetables, but I do not know what will happen to the increased prices of goods vulnerable else. "
and on "The Iraqi market is full of crops, vegetables imported from Syria and Iran, but I hear statements officials in the Ministry of Agriculture says that the local production fills the requirements of the market, and I wonder why, then the imported goods flooded our markets. "
The Iraqi government has allocated funds to address the agricultural sector, drought, and put the Supreme Committee for the agricultural initiative several issues for the advancement of agricultural reality distributed among the irrigation water, and land agricultural, plant production, animal production, and the focus of agricultural lending. And Iraq's cabinet decided on the first of November last prevent the import of agricultural crops, vegetables and fruits from overseas to encourage farmers and the local product.
In the same vein, assured the Ministry of Agriculture neighbor and citizens that the domestic production of vegetable crops is sufficient to meet the needs of the Iraqi market, also confirmed that the decision Economic Commission government to prevent the import of vegetable crops clue as to what went to him the ministry.
said ministry spokesman Karim al-Tamimi's (Rn), it is "based on the recommendations of the government economic and in coordination with the Ministry of Agriculture, issued a decree banning the import of agricultural crops, particularly vegetable crops, but in recently allowed the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers import of fruit crops that are not produced locally, but banning the import of vegetable crops in force until now. "
He said Tamimi, that "the issuance of the decision to ban the import of vegetable crops means that the local product of the vegetable cover the requirements of the Iraqi market." In response to the concern shown by some of the impact of the Iraqi market to current events in Syria and Iran, said Tamimi, "There are speculators from traders trying to bang for private use, by raising the prices of vegetable crops," but he also said that "the Ministry of Agriculture has a follow-up committees tasked with monitoring prices of vegetables and markets. "
and "The Ministry of Agriculture is keen to hold the balance between demand and supply of vegetable crops, which is reassuring to domestic production." He said.
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