Iraq Business News brings you the latest news on developments and opportunities in Iraq agriculture.
The United Nations has prepared a comprehensive Briefing Book on Iraq, and presented it to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The book is comprised of two parts: The first part addresses key policy issues, including: macroeconomic challenges, development planning and prioritization, governance and public sector reform, anti-corruption, private sector development, social protection and the challenges of […]
Iraq's Ministry of Trade has announced that it has closed a deal to import 125,000 tons of rice from Thailand at a cost of $65 million in order to meet the demands of the government’s food-subsidizing ration card system. The General Manager of the Ministry’s Grain Company, Muthanna Jabbar, told AKnews that deals have been […]
By Ronald P Verdonk, Agricultural Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. Looking at Iraqi agriculture over the past year, relatively abundant rainfall in late 2009 and through the first quarter of 2010 led to bumper 2010 wheat and barley crops. With last year’s domestic wheat harvest at just over 2.5 million metric tons and […]
Iraq is delaying the purchase of 18 American fighter jets because of budget problems, and has decided to use the money to buy food for the poor instead, said the Iraqi government spokesman on Monday. Associated Press reports that Iraq, like, many Middle Eastern countries in the wake of the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, […]
The Grain Board of Iraq (Ministry of Trade) has announced a tender for the supply of plastic sheets. The deadline for bids is 10:00 am Baghdad time on 9th March. Please click here to download the tender document.
A spokesman for Iraq's Planning Ministry has blamed neighbouring countries for the decline in the country's potato crop. Iraq harvested 200,000 tons of potatos in 2010, compared to 223,000 tons in 2009 - a drop of almost 8%, Abdul-Zahra al-Hindawai told AKnews. He related the decline to the drop in the level of rivers flowing […]
Basra’s port of Umm Qasr received a shipment of more than 40,000 tons of rice on Sunday. According to the head of public relations at Iraq's ports department, Anmar al-Safi, the shipment was for the Ministry of Trade. “The ship Captain Hady from the Bahamas anchored at a quay in Umm Qasr with 40,045 tons […]
By Ronald P Verdonk, Agricultural Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. Iraqi agriculture, like other sectors of the economy, has a lot of catching up to do in order to create jobs and play a more significant role in boosting GNP. Production of grain, vegetables and fruit faces a range of challenges of which […]
The Grain Board of Iraq (Ministry of Trade) has announced another tender on Monday for the supply of 100,000 tonnes of grain. Some experts cite this tender as a factor in the 1.6% jump in grain prices on Monday. Reuters quotes Brett Cooper, senior manager for markets at FCStone Australia, as saying: "Iraq has tendered […]
Iraq’s grain imports will decline after rainfall boosted crop production, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization said. Bloomberg, citing a report from the UN’s Global Information and Early Warning System, says imports will fall to 4.91 million metric tons in the year ending on June 30, down 6.1 percent from the prior 12 months. […]
The Grain Board of Iraq (Ministry of Trade) has announced a tender for the supply of 100,000 tonnes of grain. The deadline for bids is 10:00 am Baghdad time on 2nd February, and if the English version of the documents are correctly translated, interested parties must visit the Grain Board's offices in Baghdad. Please click […]
The Iraqi Grain Board has just issued a new tender for the supply of 30,000 tonnes of rice. Offers are to be received by 10:00 am (Baghdad time) on 31st January. Please click here for more details.
