The marketing season of wheat and barley crops begins

by **claud39** on Tue Apr 21, 2020 8:36 am

The marketing season of wheat and barley crops begins

04/20/2020

Economy News - Baghdad

On Tuesday, the Ministry of Trade announced the start of harvesting and marketing of wheat and barley crops in the central and southern governorates of the country, amid expectations for an increase in their quantities compared to last year.

The Minister of Commerce, Dr. Muhammad Hashem Al-Ani, according to what was reported by Al-Sabah newspaper and viewed by Al-Iqtisad News, said that the wheat marketing season was launched in the central and southern governorates, adding that coordination had been done with the relevant authorities to facilitate farmers ’access to silos, expecting to increase the marketed quantities Compared to last year.

He disclosed the formation of main and sub-committees in Baghdad and the provinces to follow up the process of marketing the crop and handing over the farmers ’dues to ensure the ease of the two operations, in order to avoid any obstacles that may accompany that, praising the efforts of farmers and farmers who have resulted in increasing the cultivated areas and raising the amount of production as a contribution to achieving food security for the country.

In the same context, the director of the branch of the General Company for Grain Trade in Dhi Qar Governorate, Abdul Amir Al-Askari, told Al-Sabah that the marketing operations of wheat and barley crops began yesterday, Monday, to Silawiya Al-Nasiriyah, Al-Rifai, Al-Islah Marketing Center and Al-Dahimi Airport, which his company allocated for this.

He expected that the marketed quantities of the crop would reach 250 thousand tons, compared to 208 thousand for the previous season, due to the increase in the occurrence of the abundant rainfall and water entering the governorate, as well as government support provided to farmers from fertilizers, seeds and machinery.

The military pointed out that there are other areas outside the agricultural plan that have not yet been included in marketing, indicating that there are correspondences to include them, stressing that marketing these quantities will achieve self-sufficiency in the crop, as happened during the previous season.

In the same regard, the local federation of peasant cooperative societies in the province of Muthanna announced yesterday, Monday, the start of the receipt of wheat and barley crops from farmers in Silo Samawah, according to its president, Awad Atshan Al-Ajibi.

He added that the barley receiving port has started registering lists and dates of receiving the crop from the farmers, noting that today it will be received from them according to the sequence, appealing to the authorities concerned to address the instructions of the Ministry of Agriculture to receive the barley crop, and its promise is unfair to the farmer, expected in the event not to address them, not to market 70% From the province's crop.

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by **claud39** on Tue Apr 21, 2020 8:39 am

Dhi Qar expects to market 250 thousand tons of wheat and barley

04/20/2020

The Economy News - Baghdad

Director of the General Company for Grain Trade in Dhi Qar Governorate, Abdul Amir Al-Askari, expected, on Tuesday, that the quantities marketed of wheat and barley crops will reach a quarter of a million tons.

Al-Askari said in a statement seen by "Al-Iqtisad News", that "the marketing of wheat and barley crops started, to Silawi Al-Nasiriyah, Al-Rifai, Al-Islah Marketing Center and Al-Dahimi Airport, which his company allocated for this."

He expected "the marketed quantities of the crop to reach 250 thousand tons, compared to 208 thousand for the previous season," attributing the increase, to "an abundance of rain and water entering the province, as well as government support provided to farmers from fertilizers, seeds and machinery."

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