Iraq Business News brings you the latest news on developments and opportunities in Iraq agriculture.
The Grain Board of Iraq said that Iraq intends to purchase 3.25 million tons of wheat this year, up from to 1,9 million tons last year. The company said that part of the wheat will be used to enhance its strategic stockpile. Hasan Ibrahim said that the 3.25 million tons of wheat will cover the […]
Iraq has approved an ambitious $37-billion [45 trillion Iraqi dinar] programme to upgrade Iraq's collapsing infrastructure, which has fallen victim to three decades of war and sanctions, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh (pictured) said on Tuesday. AFP reports that the cabinet's plans, which must now be approved by parliament, are the latest in efforts by the […]
The Iraqi Agriculture Ministry revealed Sunday that Iraq is producing 50% of the wheat the country requires. The ministry's spokesman, Karim al-Tamimi, told AKnews, "Iraq currently produces only two million tonnes of wheat due to lack of water needed for cultivation as well as the migration of many farmers from villages to cities." "The Ministry […]
The Iraqi Ministry of Water Resources announced on Monday a significant decline in water levels in the country’s strategic Mosul and Haditha (pictured) dams due to a lack of rainfall in the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and a reduction in water flow from Turkey, Syria and Iran. Director of Projects Ali Hashim told AKnews that […]
Basra Investment Commission has granted an investment license for an agricultural project to construct a technical laboratory for tissue cultivation in a cost of 4.8 billion Iraqi Dinars [$4m]. The project includes the building of a laboratory to produce palm trees and plants by using tissues. It also includes a research and studies centre to […]
Iraq has taken delivery of 400,000 metric tons of wheat and 127,000 tons of rice, according to Hassan Ismail Ibrahim, director general of the country’s Grain Board. Bloomberg reports that eight ships delivered the wheat from the U.S. and Australian suppliers, and four more boats unloaded rice imported from Thailand at the southern port of […]
The Grain Board of Iraq (Ministry of Trade) has announced a tender for the supply of 30,000 tonnes of rice. The deadline for bids is 10:00 am Baghdad time on 11th April. Please click here to download more information.
Iraq's Council of Ministers has formed a special committee to study the legal aspects of the international agreements related to the water share, in order to define the share of Iraq’s neighboring states from the water of Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, according to Aswat al-Iraq. “The question of water received exceptional attention during the recent […]
The United Nations' Inter-Agency Information and Analysis Unit (IAU) has issued a fact-sheet on water in Iraq. According to the report, Iraq faces difficulties in meeting the target of 91% of households using a safe drinking water supply by 2015. Currently 20% of households in Iraq use an unsafe drinking water source2 and a further […]
Iraq received 52,500 metric tons of wheat and 41,109 tons of rice from U.S. suppliers, Hassan Ismail Ibrahim, director general of the Grain Board of Iraq, said. Two ships delivered the wheat and rice at the southern port of Umm Qasr, Ibrahim said in an e-mailed statement. The board last month signed 12 contracts to […]
In a move that could increase tensions over water supplies, the Kurdistan region's minister for agriculture has announced that the Region is building 11 dams and plan dozens more. "There are 11 dams now under construction," Jameel Sulaiman told AFP. "We have studies and designs to build 28 more," he added. He said that the […]
By Ronald P Verdonk, Agricultural Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. At this point in late March/early April, Iraq would benefit from additional moisture in order for its winter wheat to fill out and further develop. Already, given the regional drop in precipitation through the growing season compared to a year ago, irrigation supplies […]
