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Water levels in the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, two of Iraq's main water sources, are falling and temperatures in Iraq are rising, according to the UN Interagency Information and Analysis Unit. The rivers have dropped to less than a third of normal capacity and desertification is spreading. "The tendency of rainfall in general is continuously declining," said Deputy […]
Project management specialists Parsons Brinckerhoff stated the obvious this week by saying Iraq is “risky, but full of opportunity”. After the war, the security and energy sectors were the most obvious risky opportunities. Re-building Iraq's decaying and war-torn infrastructure has come a close second. Since then, however, opportunities have snowballed into retail and agriculture, and […]
France is expected to help Iraq and the Kurdistan Region to develop the agriculture sector, according to the French Minister of Foreign Trade who opened a French agriculture house in Erbil on Monday. Anne-Marie Idrac arrived in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, after landing in Baghdad the day before in what became the first […]
Eurocopter has just signed an agreement to supply seven AS350 B3 Ecureuil helicopters to the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture. The choppers will be used for spraying date palm trees, which provide a major source of agricultural revenue for the country. Deliveries of these single-engine rotary-wing aircraft will begin in the first quarter of 2011, with […]
Kurdistan's sixth international trade fair in Erbil opened on Monday with 850 companies from 25 countries. Hundreds of companies are at the fair for the first time. Albert Awun of EFB Arak, which organised the fair, told AKnews: "The percentage of the participating new companies in the exhibition compared to last year is about 50%, while the […]
Urban and economic progress in Kurdistan continues with many relatively stable areas and regional policy both being attractive to foreign investment. Developments in oil, too, will not be affected by delays in forming the next Iraqi government, the local government says. The Kurdistan Regional Government points to its profit-friendly legislation including ten-year tax breaks and land set aside […]
The Agricultural Initiative panel plans to spend roughly 225 billion Iraqi dinars [$190m] on agricultural irrigation in 2011, according to a statement issued by the panel on Thursday. “The Initiative’s executive director, Dr. Hussein Jabir, proposed to the water resources ministry some selected projects for the year 2011 and offered a brief study on each […]
A new building for the College of Agriculture in southern Iraq’s Wassit University has been opened by the Rector of the University, Jawad Al-Mousawi. “The new 3-story building, accommodating 140 male and female students, includes 6 study halls, 4 laboratories, a large conference hall, and another computer centre for scientific and academic purposes,” the University’s […]
Iraq is expected to achieve self-sufficiency in wheat production during the next two years thanks to the government’s large subsidy to farmers and encouragement to cultivate grains, a trade ministry official said on Sunday. “The targeted self-sufficiency can be achieved also due to an increase in prices of the amounts given to the trade ministry’s […]
Diyala's provincial government says that Spanish companies have submitted bids to establish the biggest olive plantation in the Middle East. According to a report from Al SumariaTV, the groves would cover an area of 50,000 donums, which equates to 12,500 hectares, or about 31,000 acres. The same source said that an Emirati company and an […]
The Russian drought and fires have caused the price of wheat to rocket, and this is expected to be reflected in the price of essentials such as bread and beer. Shortages are to be expected in the coming months. Iraq is one of the world's biggest importers of rice and wheat, but its Trade Ministry […]
An Iraqi economist blamed the high unemployment rate in the country on the government’s failure to develop the industries and reduce food imports, according to a report from AKnews. “The Iraqi government has failed significantly to rescue Iraq from being the main country in the region in terms of consumption of imported foods. There is […]
