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By John Schnittker, Chief Economist at Schnittker Associates, and former Ministry Advisor at the US Embassy in Baghdad. With much of Iraq’s wheat production coming from Northern Iraq and nearly all of Iraq’s water resources flowing through areas under ISIS control, Iraq’s food security may be facing a severe threat. Iraq has about two thirds of […]
By John Lee. According to Lebanon's The Daily Star, Syria is to tender 100,000 tonnes of soft wheat and 100,000 tonnes of durum wheat to the Iraqi market. Sources quoted inside Syria said that the wheat was excess from last year's harvest that was due for distribution in various parts of Syria, but that this […]
By Layth Mahdi, Agricultural Advisor. The opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Poverty and Unemployment Not Being Addressed in the Coming Iraqi Elections Iraq's poverty and unemployment is increasing every year despite the Government's efforts to implement programs to lower it. The United […]
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 […]
