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Kurdistan to export three more agriculture products in 2023 The Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region, Masrour Barzani, and his administration has been following a reform plan to develop the agricultural sector of the Kurdistan Region and to find domestic and international markets for local produce, consequently boosting and diversifying the region's economy. Within the framework […]
Combatting Transboundary Sand and Dust Storms in Southern Iraq and Kuwait UN-Habitat with partners has embarked on a new project on improving cities' resilience against the impact of sand and dust storms. The project kick-off was celebrated in form of a workshop with over 50 participants, co-hosted by the Governorate of Basra and the Kuwait […]
Multi-stakeholder meeting focuses on the extension of social security to Iraq's farm workers Farm owners, representatives of the farmers' association union, government officials, local Civil Society Organizations, academics and others joined a debate on the extension of social security in Iraq's agricultural sector, organised by the ILO with the support of the European Union. With […]
By John Lee. Prime Minister Mohamed Shia Al-Sudani visited the National Investment Commission (NIC) on Monday to meet officials and be briefed on its activities, progress, and challenges. He cited a lack of investment vision as one of the major obstacles to developing investment. Al-Sudani also directed the NIC to follow up the state's import […]
Iraq Reform, Recovery and Reconstruction Fund I3RF : Trust Fund Annual Progress Report to Development Partners 2022 The Iraq Reform, Recovery and Reconstruction Fund (I3RF) was founded in partnership with the Government of Iraq in 2018 and is funded by Canada, Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom.The Trust Fund provides a platform for financing and […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Minister of Agriculture, Abbas Jabr al-Olayawi [Alayawi, Obada], has received the delegation of the Austrian company Bauer, a manufacturer of sprinklers and irrigation systems. The delegation was led by the Financial Director of the company, Andreas Schitter. The Minister listened to a detailed explanation about the work of the company and […]
FAO training on Conservation Agriculture and Land Management Practices The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in coordination with the Ministry of Environment (MoE), Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR), launched on 30 January 2023 the training on Conservation Agriculture and Land Management Practices through Farmer Field Schools […]
By John Lee. Iraqi Kurdistan's largest fish production project has started in Dohuk, and is reported to be 65-percent complete. According to a statement from the Kurdistan Region Government (KRG), the project's goal is to support domestic needs as well as sending fish products to the rest of Iraq and to Gulf countries. In the […]
By John Lee. The Board of Directors of Iraq's General Company for Grain Trading, which is owned by the Ministry of Trade, as approved the building of a 100,000-ton grain silo in Wasit Governorate. The Chairman and General Manager, Dr. Haider Nouri Al-Karaawi, said the decision supports efforts to strengthen grain storage capacities nationwide in […]
Kurdistan Region Government (KRG) farmers, who used to grow wheat, barley, vegetables and fruits, are now growing dozens of other crops, including corn. The Kurdistan Region Government (KRG) needs one million tons of corn annually and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Kurdistan Region Government (KRG) has paid attention to this product and plans to […]
In Iraq, a multidimensional development and climate crisis is brewing. Iraq's oil-dependent development model, weakening human and institutional capacity, and its deep social divides and inequalities are ingredients of a "perfect storm" centering on a development-climate-fragility nexus. Climate change threatens the social contract in Iraq, which has already been eroded by elite capture, widespread clientelism, […]
By Wil Crisp for Yale Environment 360. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. After Comeback, Southern Iraq's Marshes Are Now Drying Up After recovering from Saddam Hussein's campaign to drain them, Iraq's Mesopotamian Marshes are disappearing as a regional drought enters […]
