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.
Archive | Agriculture
Iraq Business News brings you the latest news on developments and opportunities in Iraq agriculture.
Iraq's Ministers Discuss Water Security
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 […]
Tags: Water
New Fact-Sheet on Water in Iraq
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 Receives Rice and Wheat from US Suppliers
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 […]
Kurdistan Building 11 Dams, Plans 28 More
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 […]
Tags: Kurdistan News, Water
Agriculture Business Best Handled by Private Sector
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 […]
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Iraq Nominates ex-Minister as FAO Director-General
Iraq has officially nominated its former Minister for Water Resources, Abdul-Latif Jamal Rashid (pictured), for the post of the Director-General of the UN Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Saudi-based al-Sharq al-Awsat (Middle-East) Newspaper reported on Wednesday. The newspaper quoted Rashid as saying that his nomination for the post had been addressed in an official […]
Tags: Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid, Fao, United Nations, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
Iraq Must Not Depend Only on Oil, says PM
Iraq’s Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, has called on Iraqis not to depend on the country’s oil fortune only, reiterating the necessity to develop other sectors of the economy such as agriculture and tourism. “Iraq is the homeland of agriculture and tourism, and it is not right to keep on fully depending on its oil fortune,” […]
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Iraq Seeks Foreign Investment in Agriculture
Iraq is looking for foreign investment in its agriculture sector to help the country become self-sufficient in grain production by 2014, according to a report from Bloomberg. “We are offering incentives for farmers to speed up the process and we welcome foreign investors,” Agriculture Minister Ezzeddin al-Dawla [Izzuldin al-Doula] told reporters in Baghdad. Iraq wants […]
Grain Board of Iraq Tenders for More Grain
The Grain Board of Iraq (Ministry of Trade) has announced a tender for the supply of 100,000 tonnes of wheat. The deadline for bids is 10:00 am Baghdad time on 26th March. Please click here to download the tender details.
Najaf to Host Agricultural Exhibition
The Najaf province announced on Saturday that it will host its 4th agricultural exhibition on April 25, to encourage investment in the agricultural sector in the province. Faed Kadhim Noun, the head of the provincial council, told AKnews that local and international companies are invited to participate in the exhibition in order to improve the […]
French Grain Lobby Targets Iraq
Reuters reports that France's grain export lobby has invited an Iraqi delegation to visit the country as it tries to break into what has become one of the world's major wheat import markets. The move followed the signing last year of a letter of intent between France Export Cereales and Iraq's grain board on establishing […]