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By John Schnittker, Chief Economist at Schnittker Associates, and former Ministry Advisor at the US Embassy in Baghdad. The headwater areas of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that stretch across most of eastern Turkey have been exceptionally dry this fall and winter. Precipitation over eastern Turkey during the September 2013 – February 2014 period has been less than […]
By John Lee. The Iraqi Agriculture Ministry said on Tuesday that it has lent 1.7 trillion Iraqi dinars ($1.4 billion) to farmers since 2008. Iraq is working to reach self-sufficiency in agricultural crops by 2018 after the implementation of an agricultural initiative that began in 2008 to improve the agricultural situation in the country after […]
The KRG's Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources had decided to ban the importation of more vegetables and fruit in order to boost the local production, reports AKnews. From the beginning of July it will impose the ban on sunflower seeds, watermelon, melon and eggplant, said Nuri Ismael, loan and marketing director at the Ministry. […]
By Layth Mahdi, Agricultural Advisor. The opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. On-farm demonstration trials are used to teach farmers to improve their agricultural practices and increase yield. It serves as one of the most valuable extension education program to help farmers to […]
Kurdistan's Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources has announced a ban on importation of certain fruits and vegetables from next month, according to AKnews. The Marketing Director at the ministry, Nouri Ismael, said that this comes as a result of the region achieving self-sufficiency in these agricultural products. Peppers will be banned permanently, while cucumbers, […]
By Layth Mahdi, Agricultural Advisor. The opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraqi people are like a camel eating grass and carrying gold! Despite the huge oil budget (more than $100 billion/year), poverty and unemployment are the major issues facing the Government of […]
1. Publication reference MOA - Italian Loan- Contract No.MT/O/12/2011 Lot No.1 (120) Generating Sets, Lot No.2 (250) Motor Pumps(150)M3/h, Lot No.3 (100) Motor Pumps(225)M3/h. 2. Procedure Restricted to Italian Legal Persons 3. Programme Soft Loan for agriculture and irrigation sector in Iraq 4. Financing Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Italy - DGCS […]
1. Publication refereuce MOA - Italian Loan- Contract No.MT/B/20111(50) Rotary Tiller. 2. Procedure Restricted to Italian Legal Persons 3. Programme Soft Loan for agriculture and irrigation sector in Iraq 4. Financing Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Italy - DOCS 5. Contracting authority Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture I State Company for Agricultural Supplies. […]
1. Publication reference MOA - Italian Loan- Contract No.MTI 1/1112011 (120) Agricultural Submersible Pumps. 2. Procedure Restricted to Italian Legal Persons 3. Programme Soft Loan for agriculture and irrigation sector in Iraq 4. Financing Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Italy - DGCS 5. Contracting anthority Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture I State Company […]
مشاكل الزراعة في العراق.... متى تنتهي؟ (ملاحظات في بناء إستراتيجية ناجحة للنهوض بواقع القطاع الزراعي) د. سمير حسن ليلو خبير- باحث علمي e- mail: [email protected] 28-12-2011 منذ تأسيس الدولة العراقية الحديثة عام (1921) والحكومات المتعاقبة تضع في أولوياتها تطوير القطاع الزراعي أنطاقاً من إدراكها لأهمية هذا القطاع في النهوض بالاقتصاد المستدام وتقدم البلاد، لكن لم […]
The fourth agro-food trade fair will open in Erbil next week with 350 companies from 21 countries coming to put their products on show. Aziz Ibrahim, director of trade in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)'s Ministry of Trade and Industry, told a news conference in Erbil on Thursday that there were new companies among the […]
Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture has completed a plan to make 10 million donums of agricultural land, equal to approximately 25,000 square kilometers, available for private investment. According to the report from AKnews, the land will be available in all Iraqi provinces, and represents about 5.7 percent of Iraq's total area. "The ministry is following high-level […]
