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A top Iranian environment official said on Monday that Tehran and Baghdad will jointly invest $1.2 billion [1.4 trillion Iraqi dinars] in a project to reduce the number of sand dunes in a bid to cut the number of sandstorms. "In order to reduce gravel levels we have signed an agreement with a foreign company […]
AKnews reports that 22 different types of vegetables are not longer banned from being imported into the Kurdistan Region. The ban had been imposed in May in order to boost local production. The KRG's Minister for Agriculture, Jamil Suleiman, said, "since the local production of these vegetables has decreased, the banned items are allowed to […]
Bloomberg reports that Iraq has cancelled a tender for 50,000 metric tons of wheat. and is now inviting bids to buy 30,000 tons of rice from South America. Amer Abdel Aziz, spokesman for the country’s Grain Board, did not give a reason for the cancellation of the wheat tender when he spoke by phone to […]
By T. Keyzom Ngodup, co-founder and Executive Director at Ideas sYnergy www.ideas-sYnergy.net, an Iraq based private sector development consulting company. IRAQ INSIGHTS, published by Ideas sYnergy aims to consolidate and build intellectual capital on private sector development, empowering stakeholders to address issues of access and structural reforms on a diverse range of topics impacting inclusive […]
By Layth Mahdi, Agricultural Advisor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq is divided into two Main Climate Zones. A dry rain-fed zone (300 – 350 mm/year) in the north and a dry to semi-dry (100 – 200 mm/year) in the central-south […]
Although they grow wild, mushrooms remain a relatively exotic food in Iraq, according to this report from Niqash. Now one ambitious Mosul man plans to change all that: by starting Iraq’s first mushroom farm. And there are already shoppers queuing for his fungi. The casual observer would be hard pressed to find signs of an […]
Once the farms around the city of Sulaymaniyah provided all of the fruit and vegetables locals needed. Now climate change, pollution and illegal dumping in local waterways are forcing farmers out. “We can no longer grow vegetables here, that time has come to an end,” lamented farmer Mohammed Aziz. “The water is so dirty that […]
The Kurdistan Ministry of Agriculture and Water is building three small dams to tackle the water crisis near Koya, Sulaimaniyah. Minister Jamil Suleiman told AKnews that the projects in Bawajan, Qoritan and Timarok villages will cost $552,500. The projects are funded from the 2011 ministry budget, have already been started, and will be completed within […]
Sinan Chalabi, Kurdistan trade and industry minister, laid the foundation stone on Wednesday for a new government-owned food storage warehouse in Erbil AKnews reports that the project, with capital of $1.5 million, will be completed in one year. The building which will store the monthly food-rations of residents will be constructed on 4,000 square meters […]
The Grain Board of Iraq (Ministry of Trade) has announced a tender for the supply of 50,000 tonnes of wheat. The deadline for bids is 10:00 am Baghdad time on 6th September. Please click here to download the tender details.
According to this report from NIQASH, many believe the original Garden of Eden, as described in both the Koran and Bible, is located in Basra. Increasingly though climate change, water shortages and urban sprawl mean Basra’s farmers are coming to doubt that story. War and conflict have led to the loss of many farms and […]
A member of the Iraqi Parliament’s Integrity Commission has said that southern Iraq’s Basra Integrity Commission had opened an investigation about a government’s deal to purchase 100,000 tons of sugar at above the international market price. Aliyia Nuseif told Aswat al-Iraq news agency that “the Trade Ministry had signed a contract with Zahrat al-Jibal Company […]
