Today, Monday, the Ministry of Agriculture confirmed the suspension of the import of 30 agricultural and animal products to support the national product.

And dependence on national production, including tomatoes, potatoes, carrots, corn, garlic, dish, table eggs and chicken, in addition to fish.”

Technical Undersecretary of the Ministry of Agriculture Mahdi Al-Qaisi said in a statement to Iraqi News Agency (INA): The import of 30 agricultural and animal products has been stopped and reliance on national production, including tomatoes, potatoes, carrots, corn, garlic, lhana, table eggs and chicken, in addition to fish.

He pointed out that “the Ministry of Agriculture produced four million and 700 thousand tons of wheat crop, which covers 90 percent of the ration card, as well as the distribution of 277 thousand tons of seeds of the highest ranks of wheat to farmers, which cover about 85 percent of the farmers’ need to grow wheat.”

The Ministry of Agriculture had confirmed earlier to the Iraqi News Agency (conscious) that the amount produced from the paddy crop (amber rice) meets 60 percent of the local need, indicating that this achievement has not been achieved for decades.

News Source: https://rasediraqi.com/