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IraqiPlan_et · January 17th, 2012, 04:14 AM

Agriculture opens first research station for the buffalo in Iraq
January 16 2012

The Public Authority for Agricultural Research opened the first research facility on buffalo in Iraq in the Abu Ghraib.

Dr. Muthanna Ekada Director General of Agricultural Research during the opening ceremony of the station, the opening of the research station is a great addition to the Authority and the Ministry, the fact that the lack of a research station in this regard.

He added that the Authority is preparing to initiate research on this animal after processing buffaloes from local markets, and the completion of the station from all aspects of administrative and research.

The animal buffalo from animals raised in Iraq significantly, they come in cultured in Iraq after the sheep and cows, an animal with a high production of milk, depends upon a lot by breeders of livestock in Iraq, particularly in central and southern Iraq.

IraqiPlan_et · January 18th, 2012, 09:34 AM

Iraq to Increase Wheat Output by 74%
18 jan 2012

Iraq plans to increase domestic wheat production by about 74 percent to 3 million metric tons by 2015, according to Saleh Hussein Jabur [Jabr], director general of state- owned Mesopotamia Seed Company.

Bloomberg reports that the government intends to triple the annual quantity of wheat seed that it buys from local farmers to 180,000 tons in 2015 from 60,000 tons now.

Iraq is one of the world’s biggest importers of wheat and rice, which are purchased by the government to supply the country’s food rationing program. Soil salinity, poor irrigation and a drought in the last three years combined to make the country a buyer on world markets.

Iraq consumes about 4.5 million tons of wheat a year and local production for the 2010-11 season was about 1.73 million tons; the country plans to import 3 million tons of wheat in 2012.

QuickneutronU235 · February 21st, 2012, 10:45 PM

مشروع شركة الشاكر الزراعي الاستثماري من أول المشاريع الاستثمارية في بادية النجف

مشروع شركة الشاكر الزراعي الاستثماري من أول المشاريع الاستثمارية في بادية النجف والذي يقع إلى الغرب من مركز المحافظة في بحر النجف ويبعد مسافة 55 كيلو متر مربع في منطقة ما تسمى مقاطعة(5) في جزيرة النجف حيث يعتبر المشروع من المشاريع الاستراتيجية التي تقوي الإنتاج المحلي وتطوره وهناك ثلاثة مشاريع زراعية أخرى في الجانب الأخر من المشروع وقد وصلت تكلفة المشروع لحد ألان حوالي (7 مليارات دينار عراقي).
وبين المدير المفوض للمشروع علي شاكر إن المشروع هو زراعي متكامل لإنتاج البطاطا والحنطة والذرة الصفراء وأشجار الزيتون والحمضيات وزهرة الشمس والمحاصيل الزراعية المحمية والبقوليات ومشروع إنتاجي حيوان لتربية العجول والأغنام والدواجن . بمساحة (70,000 إلف دونم تم زراعة 7000 دونم. وبمعدل )( 2000دونم حنطة و2000 دونم بطاطا و3000 دونم متنوعة) وقد سوق جزء من محصول البطاطا إلى الأسواق المحلية ولاقاه استحسان التجار .
وعن معوقات المشروع أشار شاكر " إن من أهم المعوقات هو الماء لان الآبار لا تكفي بسبب مشكلة الحفر وطريقته وانجاز المعاملات ويحتاج مجموعة كبيرة من الآبار ويكلف البئر الواحد يكلف 50 مليون دينار لحفره وتنصيبه وأضاف قائلا إن المعوق الأخر هو الطريق بسبب بعد المشروع عن المدنية ووعورة الأرض التي كلفة المشروع 35 مليون لتسويت الطريق المؤدي للمشروع مع عدم توفر الأيدي العاملة و المهندسين الزراعيين لبعد المشروع "مبينا "ان مدة استثمار المشروع هي 40 سنة قابلة للتمديد وبتكلفة تقدر بـ 248 مليون دولار .
يذكر ان محافظة النجف الاشرف الاستاذ عدنان عبد خضير ألزرفي قام بجولة تفقدية ميدانية بصحبة رئيس هيئة الاستثمار ومدير الموارد المائية وعدد من المسؤولين وأساتذة الكليات ومجموعة من الصحفيين والإعلاميين

6 hours ago/21/02/-12.

Ali - Iraq · March 11th, 2012, 02:49 PM

Is it the final curtain for the Fertile Crescent? This summer, as Turkish dams reduce the Tigris and Euphrates rivers to a trickle, farmers abandon their desiccated fields across Iraq and Syria, and efforts to revive the Mesopotamian marshes appear to be abandoned, climate modellers are warning that the current drought is likely to become permanent. The Mesopotamian cradle of civilisation seems to be returning to desert.

Last week, Iraqi ministers called for urgent talks with upstream neighbours Turkey and Syria, after the combination of a second year of drought and dams in those countries cut flow on the Euphrates as it enters Iraq to below 250 cubic metres a second. That is less than a quarter the flow needed to maintain Iraqi agriculture.

Tensions have been growing since May, when the Iraqi parliament refused to approve a new much-needed trade deal with Turkey unless it contained binding clauses on river flows. But Turkey appears in no mood to compromise. In July, it announced the final go-ahead for yet another dam, the Ilisu on the Tigris.

Meanwhile, according to Hassan Partow at the UN Environment Programme, Iraq's hydrological misery is compounded by Iran, which is also building new dams on tributaries of the Tigris. "Some of these rivers have run completely dry," he told New Scientist. And Iraq itself is set to worsen the problem with its own dam building, he says. This year construction is set to begin on another Tigris tributary at Bekhme Gorge in Iraq's northern province of Kurdistan. At 230 metres it will be one of the world's tallest dams.
Paradise lost

In ancient times, the valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers through Iraq were bountiful – irrigating fields that sustained civilisations like Sumer and cities like Babylon. But the combination of drought, dams and Iraq's own desire to revive its agriculture is placing huge pressure on the last remnant of that bounty, the Mesopotamian marshes, which form where the Tigris and Euphrates meet and flow to the sea.

The marshes were deliberately drained by Saddam Hussein. But after 2003, there was an international effort to revive them.

The UN Environment Programme reported on progress until 2006, when the Iraqi water ministry took over monitoring. As concerns grew that the Iraqi government was once again diverting scarce water away from the marshes to maintain agriculture, reporting abruptly stopped. "The marshes are getting smaller," says Azzam Alwash, an Iraqi-American campaigner for their revival.

Drought has helped precipitate the crisis. The most detailed assessment of the Fertile Crescent's future under climate change suggests flow on the Euphrates could fall by 73 per cent. "The ancient Fertile Crescent will disappear in this century," forecasts Akio Kitoh of Japan's Meteorological Research Institute in Tsukuba, Japan. "The process has already begun."

[Correction: Sumeria changed to Sumer (29 July 2009)]
http://www.newscientist.com/article/...s-century.html

Sinjar · March 15th, 2012, 06:32 PM

HAMBURG: The state Iraq Grain Board has purchased a total 300,000 tonnes of wheat all of Canadian origin in an international tender for a nominal 50,000 tonnes which closed on Tuesday, European traders said on Thursday.

Traders said 100,000 was purchased from Glencore at $356 a tonne C&F liner out, 50,000 tonnes from Louis Dreyfus at $361.22 a tonne C&F free out (ciffo), 50,000 tonnes from ADM at $361 ciffo and 100,000 tonnes wheat from Middle Eastern trader Jresat at $361 a tonne ciffo, traders said.

In its previous wheat tender reported on Feb. 22, Iraq bought 400,000 tonnes of Canadian wheat.

Copyright Reuters, 2012

Ali - Iraq · March 15th, 2012, 10:45 PM

Sinjar · April 26th, 2012, 10:41 PM

Dutch Company willing to implement agricultural projects in Baghdad

Baghdad (AIN) -A Dutch company expressed its will to implement projects for the expansion of the green areas in Baghdad.

A statement by the municipality received by AIN, quoted the Acting Baghdad Mayor for Municipal affairs, as saying "This company has participated in Baghdad 4th International Festival for Flowers and surveyed Baghdad Municipality agribusiness," noting that "Then, the company stated its willingness to adopt projects to expand the green areas in the Iraqi capital."

The statement added "The Dutch Company and the Iraqi Parks and Landscapes Department are working on forming joint team to study aspects of bilateral cooperation, exchanging expertise, making use of up-to-date methods in establishing parks and amusement places and expanding the green lands."

Sinjar · April 26th, 2012, 11:04 PM

Iraq Purchases 300,000 Tons of Wheat, 150,000 Tons of Rice

By Khalid Al-Ansary - Apr 26, 2012 5:16 PM GMT+0200- Bloomberg

Iraq bought 300,000 metric tons of wheat and 150,000 tons of rice, according to the country’s grain board.

The government bought 150,000 tons of Australian-grown wheat, 100,000 tons from Canada and 50,000 tons of Kazakh grain, Hassan Ibrahim, the board’s director general, said in a telephone interview from Baghdad today. The purchase followed a tender for 50,000 tons that expired April 15, he said.

Iraq bought the Thai-grown rice in a tender that expired April 22, Ibrahim said.

ardamir · April 29th, 2012, 04:51 AM

Havent seen soil salinity mentioned. Was able to find information about a couple of pilot projects aimed to improving drainage to decrease water-logging. Unfortunately, most of it was from 2010. If tasked aggressively, Iraq could see a significant increase in crop yields.

adnan12 · April 29th, 2012, 11:32 AM

Sometimes I can't sleep at night because of all those dams being built on the tigris, the euphrates and their tributaries.

If only I could destroy all those dams...

Assassinate mesopotamia. How can they do that ?

SumerianKing · April 29th, 2012, 11:47 AM

They have no heart. Have you signed the unesco petition regarding this? We are over half way, please keep sharing it.

adnan12 · April 29th, 2012, 01:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SumerianKing

They have no heart. Have you signed the unesco petition regarding this? We are over half way, please keep sharing it.

Thanks ! I didn't now that petition.I'll sign it.

Often I compare the color of the nile delta and the color of the tigris/euphrate valley on google earth.

The nile valley looks so damn green i comparison.... There's no reason for iraq not being as green.

SumerianKing · April 29th, 2012, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adnan12

Thanks ! I didn't now that petition.I'll sign it.

Often I compare the color of the nile delta and the color of the tigris/euphrate valley on google earth.

The nile valley looks so damn green i comparison.... There's no reason for iraq not being as green.

Your welcome. Yes your right! Its a big shame! Its good that the Nile does not go through much other countries who are hostile and ignorant about such great rivers. The Euphrates and Tigris where once like that MANY years ago, now its up to the government to show us how much they really care about their land.

sheytanElKebir · June 4th, 2012, 03:00 PM

The introduction of commercial strawberry production in Iraq has been a satisfying success. Following the initial introduction of certified nursery stock to a few trial growers in 2009, the production of strawberries in the country has enjoyed annual growth well in excess of 100% each season. Why has it been such a success and why strawberry and not another crop?
Strawberry production is a special development tool for several reasons. First, it’s a high value crop yielding nearly unmatched gross revenues on a per hectare basis. Farmers with very small land holdings can earn an impressive income on a modestly sized parcel. And the turnaround on investment is very short. An Iraqi farmer can plant in October and complete his season by May or June, effectively earning his return on investment in less than a year.
Managed properly, some plantings are good producers the following season. Certainly the labor requirement is substantial but in the absence of other employment opportunities, farm jobs are of great benefit to a community or extended family.
But strawberries are not an easy crop to grow, harvest and market. The crop is management and labor intensive. Attracted by the financial reward of growing this valuable crop, farmers learn to manage valuable techniques and practices they can apply to the production of other crops; drip irrigation, fertigation, the use of plastic mulch for weed control and effective post-harvest handling and marketing are examples.
Iraq is not the first economy to benefit from the introduction of strawberry production as a development tool. It has been used as a licit substitute crop in Colombia, the Cochabamba region of Bolivia and the golden triangle in Southeast Asia. Even today in Northern California we see Hmong refugees establishing themselves on tiny parcels of land with strawberry production. One can only imagine why some of the most successful strawberry growers in California are of Japanese descent.

Ali - Iraq · June 18th, 2012, 01:24 AM

Iraq Buys 250,000 Metric Tons Of Wheat, Grain Board’s Aziz Says
Iraq bought 250,000 metric tons of wheat from Australia, Russia, and Canada, the country’s grain board spokesman, Amer Abdel-Aziz, said.
The purchase comprised 100,000 tons of Australian wheat, 100,000 tons of Russian wheat and 50,000 tons of Canadian wheat, Aziz said by telephone today. He didn’t specify the purchase price or when the shipments will arrive.
Glencore International Plc (GLEN) will supply 100,000 metric tons of Australian wheat and 50,000 metric tons of Russian wheat, Olam International Ltd. (OLAM) will provide 50,000 metric tons of Russian wheat and Viterra Inc. (VT) will supply 50,000 metric tons of Canadian wheat, Aziz said.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-0...aziz-says.html

Ali - Iraq · June 18th, 2012, 01:26 AM

I have a question regarding Turkish's policy concerning the water problems in Iraq. Why is Turkey fighting us by closing their Dams? I mean in the long-term they'll not have a good relationship with Iraq, which is the case already.

sheytanElKebir · June 18th, 2012, 01:35 AM

Turkey wants to develop south east anatolia by increasing farmed land and increased electricity production. For them this is more important than keeping Iraq happy. The only way Iraq could influence turkey is to close the border with Turkey completely.

Ali - Iraq · June 18th, 2012, 01:40 AM

Quote:

The only way Iraq could influence turkey is to close the border with Turkey

So why do we not do it? We can find other investors than turkey-.-

sheytanElKebir · June 18th, 2012, 01:43 AM

I've said it before already. Turkey/Iran/Syria allows less water through to increase farming and electricity use for industry... the reason they increase that farming/electricity use is to fulfill Iraqi market demand! Iraqis are shooting themselves every time they buy produce from "upstream" countries Iran, Syria, Turkey...

Spin Cycle · June 18th, 2012, 01:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sheytanElKebir

I've said it before already. Turkey/Iran/Syria allows less water through to increase farming and electricity use for industry... the reason they increase that farming/electricity use is to fulfill Iraqi market demand! Iraqis are shooting themselves every time they buy produce from "upstream" countries Iran, Syria, Turkey...

What's the potential with desalination plants? Could we, in principle, meet our water needs through that?

March 11th, 2012, 02:49 PM	#44
Ali - Iraq Registered User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Odense Posts: 3,261 Likes (Received): 111	Is it the final curtain for the Fertile Crescent? This summer, as Turkish dams reduce the Tigris and Euphrates rivers to a trickle, farmers abandon their desiccated fields across Iraq and Syria, and efforts to revive the Mesopotamian marshes appear to be abandoned, climate modellers are warning that the current drought is likely to become permanent. The Mesopotamian cradle of civilisation seems to be returning to desert. Last week, Iraqi ministers called for urgent talks with upstream neighbours Turkey and Syria, after the combination of a second year of drought and dams in those countries cut flow on the Euphrates as it enters Iraq to below 250 cubic metres a second. That is less than a quarter the flow needed to maintain Iraqi agriculture. Tensions have been growing since May, when the Iraqi parliament refused to approve a new much-needed trade deal with Turkey unless it contained binding clauses on river flows. But Turkey appears in no mood to compromise. In July, it announced the final go-ahead for yet another dam, the Ilisu on the Tigris. Meanwhile, according to Hassan Partow at the UN Environment Programme, Iraq's hydrological misery is compounded by Iran, which is also building new dams on tributaries of the Tigris. "Some of these rivers have run completely dry," he told New Scientist. And Iraq itself is set to worsen the problem with its own dam building, he says. This year construction is set to begin on another Tigris tributary at Bekhme Gorge in Iraq's northern province of Kurdistan. At 230 metres it will be one of the world's tallest dams. Paradise lost In ancient times, the valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers through Iraq were bountiful – irrigating fields that sustained civilisations like Sumer and cities like Babylon. But the combination of drought, dams and Iraq's own desire to revive its agriculture is placing huge pressure on the last remnant of that bounty, the Mesopotamian marshes, which form where the Tigris and Euphrates meet and flow to the sea. The marshes were deliberately drained by Saddam Hussein. But after 2003, there was an international effort to revive them. The UN Environment Programme reported on progress until 2006, when the Iraqi water ministry took over monitoring. As concerns grew that the Iraqi government was once again diverting scarce water away from the marshes to maintain agriculture, reporting abruptly stopped. "The marshes are getting smaller," says Azzam Alwash, an Iraqi-American campaigner for their revival. Drought has helped precipitate the crisis. The most detailed assessment of the Fertile Crescent's future under climate change suggests flow on the Euphrates could fall by 73 per cent. "The ancient Fertile Crescent will disappear in this century," forecasts Akio Kitoh of Japan's Meteorological Research Institute in Tsukuba, Japan. "The process has already begun." [Correction: Sumeria changed to Sumer (29 July 2009)] http://www.newscientist.com/article/...s-century.html __________________ Samawa

March 15th, 2012, 06:32 PM	#45
Sinjar Iraqi User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Mosul and KRG Posts: 9,493 Likes (Received): 720	Iraq buys 300,000 tonnes wheat Canadian wheat HAMBURG: The state Iraq Grain Board has purchased a total 300,000 tonnes of wheat all of Canadian origin in an international tender for a nominal 50,000 tonnes which closed on Tuesday, European traders said on Thursday. Traders said 100,000 was purchased from Glencore at $356 a tonne C&F liner out, 50,000 tonnes from Louis Dreyfus at $361.22 a tonne C&F free out (ciffo), 50,000 tonnes from ADM at $361 ciffo and 100,000 tonnes wheat from Middle Eastern trader Jresat at $361 a tonne ciffo, traders said. In its previous wheat tender reported on Feb. 22, Iraq bought 400,000 tonnes of Canadian wheat. *Copyright Reuters, 2012*

March 15th, 2012, 10:45 PM	#46
Ali - Iraq Registered User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Odense Posts: 3,261 Likes (Received): 111	__________________ Samawa Last edited by Ali - Iraq; March 15th, 2012 at 10:53 PM.

April 29th, 2012, 11:47 AM	#51
SumerianKing Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: London Posts: 3,665 Likes (Received): 260	They have no heart. Have you signed the unesco petition regarding this? We are over half way, please keep sharing it. __________________ Where are you? Here. What time is it? Now. What are you? This moment.

June 4th, 2012, 03:00 PM	#54
sheytanElKebir stsirorret dedrater kcuf Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: nwot rorret ibahaw Posts: 8,339 Likes (Received): 407	The introduction of commercial strawberry production in Iraq has been a satisfying success. Following the initial introduction of certified nursery stock to a few trial growers in 2009, the production of strawberries in the country has enjoyed annual growth well in excess of 100% each season. Why has it been such a success and why strawberry and not another crop? Strawberry production is a special development tool for several reasons. First, it’s a high value crop yielding nearly unmatched gross revenues on a per hectare basis. Farmers with very small land holdings can earn an impressive income on a modestly sized parcel. And the turnaround on investment is very short. An Iraqi farmer can plant in October and complete his season by May or June, effectively earning his return on investment in less than a year. Managed properly, some plantings are good producers the following season. Certainly the labor requirement is substantial but in the absence of other employment opportunities, farm jobs are of great benefit to a community or extended family. But strawberries are not an easy crop to grow, harvest and market. The crop is management and labor intensive. Attracted by the financial reward of growing this valuable crop, farmers learn to manage valuable techniques and practices they can apply to the production of other crops; drip irrigation, fertigation, the use of plastic mulch for weed control and effective post-harvest handling and marketing are examples. Iraq is not the first economy to benefit from the introduction of strawberry production as a development tool. It has been used as a licit substitute crop in Colombia, the Cochabamba region of Bolivia and the golden triangle in Southeast Asia. Even today in Northern California we see Hmong refugees establishing themselves on tiny parcels of land with strawberry production. One can only imagine why some of the most successful strawberry growers in California are of Japanese descent. __________________ IRAQ.

January 17th, 2012, 04:14 AM	#41
IraqiPlan_et Registered User Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 704 Likes (Received): 105	Agriculture opens first research station for the buffalo in Iraq January 16 2012 The Public Authority for Agricultural Research opened the first research facility on buffalo in Iraq in the Abu Ghraib. Dr. Muthanna Ekada Director General of Agricultural Research during the opening ceremony of the station, the opening of the research station is a great addition to the Authority and the Ministry, the fact that the lack of a research station in this regard. He added that the Authority is preparing to initiate research on this animal after processing buffaloes from local markets, and the completion of the station from all aspects of administrative and research. The animal buffalo from animals raised in Iraq significantly, they come in cultured in Iraq after the sheep and cows, an animal with a high production of milk, depends upon a lot by breeders of livestock in Iraq, particularly in central and southern Iraq.

January 18th, 2012, 09:34 AM	#42
IraqiPlan_et Registered User Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 704 Likes (Received): 105	Iraq to Increase Wheat Output by 74% 18 jan 2012 Iraq plans to increase domestic wheat production by about 74 percent to 3 million metric tons by 2015, according to Saleh Hussein Jabur [Jabr], director general of state- owned Mesopotamia Seed Company. Bloomberg reports that the government intends to triple the annual quantity of wheat seed that it buys from local farmers to 180,000 tons in 2015 from 60,000 tons now. Iraq is one of the world’s biggest importers of wheat and rice, which are purchased by the government to supply the country’s food rationing program. Soil salinity, poor irrigation and a drought in the last three years combined to make the country a buyer on world markets. Iraq consumes about 4.5 million tons of wheat a year and local production for the 2010-11 season was about 1.73 million tons; the country plans to import 3 million tons of wheat in 2012.

February 21st, 2012, 10:45 PM	#43
QuickneutronU235 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Najaf Posts: 683 Likes (Received): 3	مشروع شركة الشاكر الزراعي الاستثماري من أول المشاريع الاستثمارية في بادية النجف مشروع شركة الشاكر الزراعي الاستثماري من أول المشاريع الاستثمارية في بادية النجف والذي يقع إلى الغرب من مركز المحافظة في بحر النجف ويبعد مسافة 55 كيلو متر مربع في منطقة ما تسمى مقاطعة(5) في جزيرة النجف حيث يعتبر المشروع من المشاريع الاستراتيجية التي تقوي الإنتاج المحلي وتطوره وهناك ثلاثة مشاريع زراعية أخرى في الجانب الأخر من المشروع وقد وصلت تكلفة المشروع لحد ألان حوالي (7 مليارات دينار عراقي). وبين المدير المفوض للمشروع علي شاكر إن المشروع هو زراعي متكامل لإنتاج البطاطا والحنطة والذرة الصفراء وأشجار الزيتون والحمضيات وزهرة الشمس والمحاصيل الزراعية المحمية والبقوليات ومشروع إنتاجي حيوان لتربية العجول والأغنام والدواجن . بمساحة (70,000 إلف دونم تم زراعة 7000 دونم. وبمعدل )( 2000دونم حنطة و2000 دونم بطاطا و3000 دونم متنوعة) وقد سوق جزء من محصول البطاطا إلى الأسواق المحلية ولاقاه استحسان التجار . وعن معوقات المشروع أشار شاكر " إن من أهم المعوقات هو الماء لان الآبار لا تكفي بسبب مشكلة الحفر وطريقته وانجاز المعاملات ويحتاج مجموعة كبيرة من الآبار ويكلف البئر الواحد يكلف 50 مليون دينار لحفره وتنصيبه وأضاف قائلا إن المعوق الأخر هو الطريق بسبب بعد المشروع عن المدنية ووعورة الأرض التي كلفة المشروع 35 مليون لتسويت الطريق المؤدي للمشروع مع عدم توفر الأيدي العاملة و المهندسين الزراعيين لبعد المشروع "مبينا "ان مدة استثمار المشروع هي 40 سنة قابلة للتمديد وبتكلفة تقدر بـ 248 مليون دولار . يذكر ان محافظة النجف الاشرف الاستاذ عدنان عبد خضير ألزرفي قام بجولة تفقدية ميدانية بصحبة رئيس هيئة الاستثمار ومدير الموارد المائية وعدد من المسؤولين وأساتذة الكليات ومجموعة من الصحفيين والإعلاميين 6 hours ago/21/02/-12.

April 26th, 2012, 10:41 PM	#47
Sinjar Iraqi User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Mosul and KRG Posts: 9,493 Likes (Received): 720	Dutch Company willing to implement agricultural projects in Baghdad Baghdad (AIN) -A Dutch company expressed its will to implement projects for the expansion of the green areas in Baghdad. A statement by the municipality received by AIN, quoted the Acting Baghdad Mayor for Municipal affairs, as saying "This company has participated in Baghdad 4th International Festival for Flowers and surveyed Baghdad Municipality agribusiness," noting that "Then, the company stated its willingness to adopt projects to expand the green areas in the Iraqi capital." The statement added "The Dutch Company and the Iraqi Parks and Landscapes Department are working on forming joint team to study aspects of bilateral cooperation, exchanging expertise, making use of up-to-date methods in establishing parks and amusement places and expanding the green lands."

April 26th, 2012, 11:04 PM	#48
Sinjar Iraqi User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Mosul and KRG Posts: 9,493 Likes (Received): 720	Iraq Purchases 300,000 Tons of Wheat, 150,000 Tons of Rice By Khalid Al-Ansary - Apr 26, 2012 5:16 PM GMT+0200- Bloomberg Iraq bought 300,000 metric tons of wheat and 150,000 tons of rice, according to the country’s grain board. The government bought 150,000 tons of Australian-grown wheat, 100,000 tons from Canada and 50,000 tons of Kazakh grain, Hassan Ibrahim, the board’s director general, said in a telephone interview from Baghdad today. The purchase followed a tender for 50,000 tons that expired April 15, he said. Iraq bought the Thai-grown rice in a tender that expired April 22, Ibrahim said.

April 29th, 2012, 04:51 AM	#49
ardamir Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Texas? Posts: 1,130 Likes (Received): 46	Havent seen soil salinity mentioned. Was able to find information about a couple of pilot projects aimed to improving drainage to decrease water-logging. Unfortunately, most of it was from 2010. If tasked aggressively, Iraq could see a significant increase in crop yields.

April 29th, 2012, 11:32 AM	#50
adnan12 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 29 Likes (Received): 0	Sometimes I can't sleep at night because of all those dams being built on the tigris, the euphrates and their tributaries. If only I could destroy all those dams... Assassinate mesopotamia. How can they do that ?

June 18th, 2012, 01:24 AM	#55
Ali - Iraq Registered User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Odense Posts: 3,261 Likes (Received): 111	*Iraq Buys 250,000 Metric Tons Of Wheat, Grain Board’s Aziz Says* Iraq bought 250,000 metric tons of wheat from Australia, Russia, and Canada, the country’s grain board spokesman, Amer Abdel-Aziz, said. The purchase comprised 100,000 tons of Australian wheat, 100,000 tons of Russian wheat and 50,000 tons of Canadian wheat, Aziz said by telephone today. He didn’t specify the purchase price or when the shipments will arrive. Glencore International Plc (GLEN) will supply 100,000 metric tons of Australian wheat and 50,000 metric tons of Russian wheat, Olam International Ltd. (OLAM) will provide 50,000 metric tons of Russian wheat and Viterra Inc. (VT) will supply 50,000 metric tons of Canadian wheat, Aziz said. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-0...aziz-says.html __________________ Samawa

June 18th, 2012, 01:26 AM	#56
Ali - Iraq Registered User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Odense Posts: 3,261 Likes (Received): 111	I have a question regarding Turkish's policy concerning the water problems in Iraq. Why is Turkey fighting us by closing their Dams? I mean in the long-term they'll not have a good relationship with Iraq, which is the case already. __________________ Samawa

June 18th, 2012, 01:35 AM	#57
sheytanElKebir stsirorret dedrater kcuf Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: nwot rorret ibahaw Posts: 8,339 Likes (Received): 407	Turkey wants to develop south east anatolia by increasing farmed land and increased electricity production. For them this is more important than keeping Iraq happy. The only way Iraq could influence turkey is to close the border with Turkey completely. __________________ IRAQ.

June 18th, 2012, 01:43 AM	#59
sheytanElKebir stsirorret dedrater kcuf Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: nwot rorret ibahaw Posts: 8,339 Likes (Received): 407	I've said it before already. Turkey/Iran/Syria allows less water through to increase farming and electricity use for industry... the reason they increase that farming/electricity use is to fulfill Iraqi market demand! Iraqis are shooting themselves every time they buy produce from "upstream" countries Iran, Syria, Turkey... __________________ IRAQ.

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