Agriculture announces its success by producing yellow corn hybrids

by **claud39** Thu Feb 06, 2020 9:00 am

Agriculture announces its success by producing yellow corn hybrids

05/02/2020

Agriculture announces its success by producing yellow corn hybrids 18962

Economy News _ Baghdad

The Ministry of Agriculture announced, on Wednesday, the production of hybrids for yellow and white maize crops in four different locations in Abu Ghraib, Al Suwayrah, Tikrit and Daquq, for the first time since 2003.

A statement of the ministry, "Economy News" received a copy of it, that "the importance of camel production inside Iraq comes to support the local product by relying on local camels, reducing imports and providing hard currency due to the high prices of imported camels and the suitability of local camels for the Iraqi environment, unlike the importer, which is appropriate for a specific environment And limiting the transmission of diseases and bush seeds that come from imported camels, and this achievement came with the continuous support of the Ministry of Agriculture to reach the goals set for self-sufficiency and fill the market need of local products.

The statement added, “This achievement adds to the many successes achieved by the ministry through achieving self-sufficiency of wheat and the large increase in areas planted with rice and higher grade seeds, as well as providing various crops in the markets and the Ministry’s prevention of (25) plant and animal items in support of farmers and farmers. And to provide hard currency and operate manpower, the Ministry also established a center specializing in the palm sector. ”

He continued, "Also, the step of adopting yellow corn hybridization is in line with the Ministry's directives to adopt the results of agricultural research and transfer them to the field agricultural situation to advance the level of agricultural production in support of our national economy."

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