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Sources: stop importing tomatoes soon
On: Tuesday 6/5/2012 7:02
Baghdad / range
Ministry of Agriculture announced on stop the import of tomatoes in 16 of the month, and rely on the local product is to achieve self-sufficiency.
said Undersecretary of the Ministry of Agriculture Mehdi ligature Qaisi for "Twilight News", "The Ministry of Agriculture decided to stop the import of tomatoes in 16 of this month. "
He explained that "Ministry of Agriculture opened the import of a tomato as a result for the lack of which in the local markets of Iraq and as a natural result of this lack of action has been taken to import material."
"The domestic production had to fill the shortage of material tomatoes, and will achieve self-sufficiency in the coming days." He added that "Iraqi agriculture is currently achieved self-sufficiency in vegetables and fruits, either imported which is not produced in Iraq or there are small amounts of it."
The decision of the Ministry of Agriculture to prevent the import of fruit and vegetables from neighboring countries, who announced earlier, sparked a controversy between the owners relationship, some of them justified the decision by the Ministry of Agriculture is aimed at protecting the domestic crop, and supporting the Iraqi farmer, while several others that will lead to rising prices and speculation in the market.
In the opinion of specialists affairs of agriculture that the Ministry of Agriculture talks about the production of agricultural and Fair which figures do not exist, but on paper .. Either on the ground, the only truth is to increase the area of desertified due to the decline in agriculture.
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