Iraq's Ministry of Water Resources has reportedly invited National Engineering Services of Pakistan (NESPAK) to participate in an irrigation project. The Express Tribune reports that the project, called "East Gharaf", will provide sustainable irrigation and drainage facilities for about 390,000 acres of land in the general areas of Nassiriya and Kut. State-owned NESPAK had worked on […]
The Anbar provincial council has announced a new project to cultivate desert of the western region. Hasssan al-Mulla, chairman of the council's investment committee, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency: "The provincial council signed a memorandum of understanding with a UAE company, which includes a group of foreign companies, including a British one, to cultivate the […]
By John Lee. Iran has again has blocked the flow of water from the al-Wind [Wand, Alwand, Hulwan] river, in a move which has angered Iraqi farmers and citizens, according to PUKmedia. Protesters are demanding that Iran release water into the river, saying their fertile land turning barren because of the repeated cuts and shortages […]
By Layth Mahdi, Agricultural Advisor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq is divided into two Main Climate Zones. A dry rain-fed zone (300 – 350 mm/year) in the north and a dry to semi-dry (100 – 200 mm/year) in the central-south […]
Iraq's Ministry of Water Resources has announced the building of a 129KM irrigation channel from the Shatt al-Arab waterway. The channel will be lined with concrete, and will carry water at a rate of 30 cubic meters per second. The project, which will provide water for agricultural land in the Basra governorate, is expected to […]
Government efforts to reduce the shortage of irrigation water in Diyala province have proved inadequate, the Ministry of Water Resources said on Wednesday. Spokesperson for the ministry, Ali Hashim, said several wells have been drilled in agricultural areas but these wells are not enough and the Iranian authorities must allow more water to flow down […]
The Iraqi government says it will dig 1000 wells every year to address the drought that has depleted much of Iraq’s water resources. Director of planning at the Ministry of Water, Ali Hashim, said it has completed 500 wells throughout the Iraqi provinces. "The ministry intends to make more effort to exploit groundwater for human […]
Iraq's Ministry of Agriculture has reportedly contracted with a US company to supply modern irrigation technology and greenhouses. IPA reports that the company involved is Valmont Industries, which is based in Omaha, Nebraska. The general manager of the company, David Forshaw said, "The introduction of this technology is considered a real revolution. It will address […]
The Iraqi Agriculture Minister has said that 470 billion Iraqi Dinars ($400 million) has been allocated to his ministry this year to develop the country’s agricultural sector, according to a report from AKnews. Izzeddine al-Dawla [Izzuldin al-Doula] said that the implementation of an irrigation project using the latest techniques and covering an area of more […]
Iraq's Agriculture Ministry announced on Saturday the launch of a national project to safeguard against drought and reduce its impacts on the agricultural sector to be effective by 2015. Ministry spokesman Samir al-Obeidi told AKnews that the nationwide program requires improving the irrigation systems of more than three million acres of agricultural land. Obeidi said […]
Iraq's Minister of Water Resources, Abdul-Latif Jamal Rashid, has laid the corner stone for the 350 billion dinar [$300m] Shatt al-Arab Canal project, aimed at pumping pure water for Basra Province and irrigation water for 250,000 donums of agricultural lands, according to a report from Aswat al-Iraq. Iraq’s Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, had launched a […]
The Kurdistan Regional Government has decided to construct a large dam in the village of Aqhoban in the Hiran region, in the district Shaqlawah [Shaqlawa]. The Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources has allocated more than six billion dinars for the project, which will be implemented by the two companies; work will start in the […]
