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Citizens are upset that the prices of fruits and vegetables
On: Saturday 11/08/2012 9:00
Baghdad / Ahmed Hussein
Seems that the reasons for the high price of vegetables and fruits in local markets, not confined to the month of Ramadan, and near the Eid al-Fitr, but added to that the Ministry of Agriculture to prevent the import of specific types of agricultural products, and the closure of border crossings with Syria, which is one of the key countries exporting food of Iraq.
The poor and people with limited income and other social segments, expressed displeasure that witnessed food markets, fruit and vegetables from a sudden rise in prices, demanding the federal government to intervene to put an end to "attack food price rises."
In conversations for "long", pointed out that the decision to ban the importation of certain fruits and vegetables but is in favor of local agricultural production and farmers, but it reflected negatively on the consumers, which did not pay attention to him and the Ministry of Agriculture and the government.
Saleem says Hafez (28 years), an employee at the Ministry of Education: "I was and still one of the most demanding need to reduce imports, especially of products and materials can be produced and manufactured locally, but that is not reflected on the other segments of society."
He adds, "stimulate the economy and national production is important for the country and the citizens at the same time, but provided that this is not at the expense of the citizen, especially the poor and those with limited income."
And maintained "My salary is fairly good and although it is sufficient only to cover the needs of family and home, I find my situation better than anybody else, but that the problem in families that do not cover the revenue their basic needs and the biggest problem of no income at all."
Hafez and ends his speech by saying: "It is unreasonable to have such a large number of MPs, ministers, advisers and managers, not one of them think the repercussions of their decisions on a broader segment of the citizens, it is strange."
The citizenship or who preferred Khalid said surnamed, said the volatility of a tomato before it for you to choose the best: "What would the ordinary citizen to agriculture, and whether the farmer is more important than others."
She smiled, "We all want the best for our country and each other, but that this is not good for a few at the expense of the largest category, which is poor and with limited income."
She said Um Khaled, which appeared in the fourth decade of age "when I asked the grocer for the cause of high prices of onions, tomatoes, replied that the government banned imported to raise farmers' prices, although the border with Syria were closed because of security conditions raised peasants price, and we also raise our hands to God to pray to save us, which where we are. "
Grocer, who was his mother Taatda Khaled in Baghdad market area Kasra, joked: "It seems that our government is interested in peasant agriculture more than the citizen, and I wish this was the outcome of interest, just slogans and disbursement of funds without interest."
He pointed out that the Haj Mehdi Falah stop taking advantage of raising the price of import "But what argument the owners of vehicles who are pregnant are also raised transport fares."
And at a distance not far, was a woman dressed in a black cloak move between the grocer and the last place, looking at the blank boxes discarded near the grocers and allocated for the collection of fruits and vegetables damaged and affected.
Explained Haji Mehdi, "this woman feed her family on the vegetables and fruits affected by take out, and the generosity of some of us have it, I think that the government should take an interest in women and other best of their interest in agricultural land, as we hear that the future of agriculture in Iraq is hopeless, not only because import, but the scarcity of water. "
Full citizen Abdullah criticized the angry tone of weak oversight by the relevant authorities on the local markets which will reflect negatively on the citizen.
Abdullah (56 years): "If the government show that interest in agriculture, it shall also develop plans or take precautions to protect consumers from the greed of traders or farmers do not leave it to those who did not care for non-profit."
He stressed the need to heed the civil society organizations to this, pointing out that "there is no association or organization concerned with consumer protection according to the information and, if there is a presence, so the civil society organizations in different directions to have an active role to protect consumers, especially the poor and those with limited income. "
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