Iraq this year plans to start sowing a new generation of grain seeds it hopes will be more resistant to drought and soil salinity and could help bolster its wheat crop in a couple of years, an agriculture official said. The Iraqi government’s meteorological department last week said it expected three years of drought, and
Dry Iraq Tries New Drought Resistant Grains
Iraq plans $700M water plan to grow more wheat
Major wheat importer Iraq plans to start an eight-year, US$700 million irrigation programme this year, part of a plan to increase wheat production by more than 60 per cent to three million tonnes. Popular anger at rising food prices has been an explosive ingredient in the mix of grievances that triggered the fall of leaders
Iraq To Double Wheat Production
Iraq expects to double its wheat production this year to around 2.5 million tonnes, meeting half its consumption needs, thanks to good rains, a deputy agriculture minister said May 19. Iraq’s agriculture sector, hurt by decades of war, sanctions and neglect, has suffered severe drought in the last two years, hitting wheat and rice production
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