Al-Kaabi: The recent crises have prompted us to start implementing measures to support the agricultural sector immediately

by **claud39** on Sun May 03, 2020 2:35 pm

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05/03/2020

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Mr. Hassan Karim Al Kaabi, First Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, chaired today, Sunday, 3 May 2020, the meeting of the Committee on Agriculture and Marshlands Parliament to set out a vision for the role of the agricultural sector to confront the Corona pandemic and achieve food security.

The head of the Agriculture Committee, Mr. Salam Al-Shammari, and the rest of the committee members, and representatives of the economic, investment, financial, legal, and parliamentary integrity committees, as well as representatives of the ministries of agriculture, planning, and water resources, participated in the meeting.

Al-Kaabi said that Iraq faces a number of challenges, some of which are shared by other countries such as the Corona pandemic, the drop in oil prices and the economic crisis, while others face them individually as a threat of ISIS terrorism, poverty and food security, revealing all these things that compelled us and the Ministerial Council of Economy to name the next stage a stage Agriculture, it is the ideal solution to address many of the problems related to food security, poverty, unemployment, hard currency waste, import, and low oil prices. Here, if we reach the stage of development in the agricultural and industrial sectors, we will not need oil at the same degree now.

And Al-Kaabi said that it was agreed to start implementing the measures to support the agricultural sector and not to draw or set plans for the future, because plans are being made in times of prosperity and a state of stability, but now we are living in a real crisis situation and the measures must be to confront the crisis, and this requires everyone with audacity Great for making and implementing decisions. ”

During the meeting, it was also agreed to implement the joint vision of the legislative and executive authorities to make the agricultural sector a top priority for the state for the next stage to reduce dependence on the oil source, as well as increase the support of the industrial sector as it relates to the wheel of agricultural development in terms of manufacturing, fertilizers and agricultural requirements.

And it was agreed to start implementing an agricultural emergency plan and move away from development plans, as the stage is urgent and that the plan does not specify a date but rather a continuous one, and also consider crimes of prejudice to food security within the terrorism crimes law.

The meeting discussed the water situation in Iraq, the volume of water imports and the agricultural plan for the coming season.

Information office
of the First Vice-President of the House of Representatives
3/5/2020

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