Agriculture: Continuing to prevent importing cucumber crops for their abundance in local markets

by **claud39** Mon Sep 09, 2019 7:42 am

Agriculture: Continuing to prevent importing cucumber crops for their abundance in local markets

09/09/2019

Economy News _ Baghdad

The Ministry of Agriculture announced on Monday the continued ban on the import of cucumber crop due to its abundance in local markets.

The Ministry of Planning and Follow-up said in a statement to the ministry received "Economy News" a copy of it, "The ministry continues to prevent the import of option crops for abundance in local markets in large quantities throughout the current year in all provinces and in support of the national economy."

She added, "This decision comes because there is an abundance in the production of Iraqi cucumbers in local markets enough to meet the need of the citizen, which led the ministry to stop importing from border outlets, as a result of the competent agricultural cadres in the ministry to cultivate new varieties of seeds of high-yielding cucumber crop led To plant it in large quantities during the past three seasons in all governorates, as well as the implementation of preventive and health measures necessary to ensure the safety of the crop in terms of health and food. "

The Ministry of Agriculture announced earlier to prevent the import of (16) agricultural crops and (3) animal products for abundance in local markets and to support the national economy through the provision of foreign currency and prevent their exit outside the country, and prevent the flooding of the market with imported products.

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