IRAQ | Agriculture Sector

[Ali - Iraq]

Yeah but you said that we can influence turkey by closing our borders. Why do we not do close our borders.

[Spin Cycle]

Originally Posted by Ali - Iraq

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

Turkey has been winning massive contracts in recent years. I'm not sure if it's a good idea to use that to twist their arms, but given the economic climate, I doubt it will discourage others. It's not like South Korea will fear political problems with us. It might just mean we don't get as good a deal with less market competition.

Basically, if we are going to use the market to push politics, now is a good time to do it - while the dogs are fighting for scraps.

[Ali - Iraq]

Can't we just blend Oxygen and Hydrogen then we'll get water in our rivers? xD

[Spin Cycle]

Originally Posted by Ali - Iraq

Can't we just blend Oxygen and Hydrogen then we'll get water in our rivers? xD

Blend? You mean burn hydrogen? Where are we going to get that much hydrogen?

[Ali - Iraq]

Blend? You mean burn hydrogen? Where are we going to get that much hydrogen?

Yeah to mix/blend hydrogen and oxygen together with the help of electro sparking to make water. I think hydrogen is cheap? Or through a chemical reaction aswell. Ok maybe this is a ridiculous idea xD

[Spin Cycle]

Originally Posted by Ali - Iraq

Yeah to mix/blend hydrogen and oxygen together with the help of electro sparking to make water. I think hydrogen is cheap? Or through a chemical reaction aswell. Ok maybe this is a ridiculous idea xD

the electrical spark sets off the burn. Water is just burnt hydrogen. But the supply of hydrogen is the issue. Hydrogen needs to be extracted from compounds (probably by electrolysis of water in most cases), unless you're in space...

[sheytanElKebir]

to be honest we should ditch much of our canal systems and go over to modern irrigation techniques. the turkish consul in basra is right in a way... we do waste MOST of the water we have!

[Sinjar]

Originally Posted by Ali - Iraq

Yeah but you said that we can influence turkey by closing our borders. Why do we not do close our borders.

KRG controls the border.

[Ali - Iraq]

Originally Posted by Sinjar

KRG controls the border.

Oh i forgot.

[sheytanElKebir]

good news.

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.
He said the ban on importing sunflower seeds is “permanent” and for melon it will last till 31st July. For watermelon and eggplant the ban lasts until the middle of October.
The Ministry had already announced that it will ban the importation of cucumber, fig, peach and other produce into Kurdistan.

[Ali - Iraq]

great news!

[fazl1991]

Originally Posted by sheytanElKebir

good news.

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.
He said the ban on importing sunflower seeds is “permanent” and for melon it will last till 31st July. For watermelon and eggplant the ban lasts until the middle of October.
The Ministry had already announced that it will ban the importation of cucumber, fig, peach and other produce into Kurdistan.

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[ardamir]

Scientists search for solutions to Iraq's salty farmland

BAGHDAD - The high level of salt threatening two-thirds of Iraq's irrigated farmland — as well as many other countries — is being targeted by a group of Iraqi and international researchers and policymakers.

http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture...-farmland.html

[Sinjar]

Iraqi Mushroom Farm Reopens

23 July 2012, by John Lee.
Out of tragedy has come triumph for the Khirbit family and the Hameediyah Mushroom Farm, once one of the largest mushroom farms in the middle east.
The family revived their business after receiving a grant and technical assistance from the USAID-Inma Agribusiness Program.

[Ali - Iraq]

المالكي يؤكد على ضرورة ايجاد حلول جذرية لموضوع شحة المياه
كد رئيس الوزراء نوري المالكي على ضرورة ايجاد حلول جذرية لموضوع شحة المياه والعمل على وضع سياسية عامة في هذا المجال تخفف من حدة النقص الحاصل في المياه .
ودعا المالكي خلال اجتماع للجنة العليا للمبادرة الزراعية بحضور وزيري الزراعة والموارد المائية ورئيس هيئة المستشارين ، الى انتداب خبرات اجنبية تضع خطة شاملة لمعالجة موضوع المياه ، ابتداء من تغيير اساليب الري التقليدية وتطويرها وانشاء السدود ،وكيفية الاستفادة من المياه الجوفية ، بالإضافة الى اختيار المحاصيل الزراعية المناسبة لطبيعة العراق المناخية ، اضافة الى ضرورة الاستمرار بدعم صناعة التمور والعمل على تطويرهذا الدعم بما يحقق اعلى فائدة للمزارع والفلاح وليس الوسطاء وخلص الاجتماع الى تشكيل لجنة لاختيار الشركة القادرة على وضع الحلول الناجعة للتخفيف من حدة نقص المياه والتحرك على الدول المجاورة سيما تركيا ، وايران لتامين حصة العراق من المصادر المائية .
http://www.alfayhaa.tv/news/economy/85903.html

[Sinjar]

feed shortage slashes poultry farm output in Iraq by more than half


By Ali Shattab, Azzaman, August 13, 2012

Feed shortages have reduced Iraq’s poultry output and may threaten the industry with collapse, said state-run Company for Animal Wealth Services.

The company’s Director General Musdiq Dalphi attributed the crisis to the disturbances in Syria, which are preventing the flow of feeds to the country.

Dalphi said Iraq imported more than 60% of poultry feed from Syria and the crisis there has resulted in a total halt in imports.

The imports from Syria were much cheaper than other countries and their halt has led to substantial hikes in poultry produce and animal feed, he said.

“Currently, Iraqi poultry farms can hardly meet 25% of domestic needs,” he said.

The company, Dalphi said, has sent a plan to the Ministry of Agriculture with details on how to replace imports from Syria.

Without large subsidies it is almost impossible to supply Iraqi poultry farmers with feed that is as cheap as that imported from Syria.

There are 7,000 poultry farms in Iraq but they still have a long way to go to meet domestic demand for chicken and table eggs.

Currently Iraq imports large quantities of chicken and eggs to meet domestic demand.

[Sinjar]

Iraqi wheat produce largest in 30 years

By Ali Shattab, Azzaman, August 14, 2012

Government silos are brimming with wheat as this year’s harvest has surpassed expectations, The Director General of Iraq Grain Board Amer Abdulaziz said.

Abdulaziz said despite discouraging weather conditions Iraqi farmers have shipped 1.9 million tons of wheat to government silos.

“The yields are the largest in 30 years,” he said.

Abdulaziz said marketing the volume, which is huge in Iraqi terms, went on smoothly and covered the three autonomous Kurdish provinces despite tension between the Kurdish region and the central government in Baghdad.

At one point this month the Kurds mobilized their militias known as peshmerga to defend their territory against what they said was a possible incursion by Iraqi troops.

The quality of the harvest was “extremely good,” Abdul Aziz said, adding that farmers had started using modern techniques to improve their produce.

The volume falls short of Iraq’s domestic needs estimated at four million tons a year, but it indicates progress and reliance on irrigation rather than rain.

Yields in the rain-fed areas, particularly the Mosul plateau, traditionally known as Iraq’s bread basket, were very low, Abdulaziz said.

Despite the good news about wheat yields this year, the volume of barely shipped to government silos was much below expectations.

Abdulaziz gave no figures but attributed the decline to farmers’ unwillingness to sell to government, preferring to sell their barley on the open market where they could fetch better prices.

A ton of barley is worth up to 700,000 Iraqi dinars (approx.. $600) while the government has set the official price at 500,000 Iraqi dinars (approx. $400).

[Sinjar]

Iraq’s Wheat Production Advanced 7% In 2011-12 From Year Earlier


Bloomberg- By Khalid Al-Ansary - Aug 15, 2012

Iraq’s wheat output rose 7 percent to 3 million metric tons in the 2011-12 season compared with the previous year, according to a planning ministry spokesman.

The country produced 2.8 million tons in the 2010- 11 season, Abdul Zahra al-Hindawi said by phone in Baghdad.

Iraq consumes an 4.5 million tons of wheat a year on average, according to the Iraqi Grain Board. The country had to import the grain after drought in the last three years.

[AssyrianBeauty]

Iraq needs to create and forestation to attract rain and lower the Urban heat island effect... most of the soil in Iraq are solid and the sun makes it worst. I will make a thread on this later. I really need to release my ideas that I love to share with you all.

[Al-Hashimi]

Originally Posted by AssyrianBeauty

Iraq needs to create and forestation to attract rain and lower the Urban heat island effect... most of the soil in Iraq are solid and the sun makes it worst. I will make a thread on this later. I really need to release my ideas that I love to share with you all.

Welcome to the forum sister.

It's very nice to have an Assyrian - an ancient Semetic people native to Iraq, around here.

I have long had similar thoughts and I know that many other Iraqis have that as well. Even posted some ideas on this forum. I would be very curious to hear your ideas. Please do not hold back.

I am as well interested in fighting desertification. It's the main problem. Not to mention the rivers and lakes which are drying out.

The marshes should also be brought back to their old state as well as all the palm trees that have disappeared. It's really a big crime.