The Minister of Planning chairs a meeting of the food security team to confront the Corona pandemic

by **claud39** Sat Aug 22, 2020 12:35 pm

The Minister of Planning chairs a meeting of the food security team to confront the Corona pandemic

2020-08-17

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The Minister of Planning, Prof. Dr. Khaled Battal Al-Najm, chaired today, Monday, a meeting of the Food and Social Security Team for confronting the Corona pandemic.

The minister stressed during the meeting that the Iraqi markets are witnessing a clear stability in the abundance and prices of foodstuffs, indicating that the rates of prices rose at the beginning of the outbreak of the epidemic by 6%, while expectations indicated that the rise would exceed the barrier of (40%), pointing out that Vegetable prices recorded a decrease in their prices during the month of June by (10%) compared to the month of May, indicating that the committee continues to monitor the movement of markets and levels of scarcity and abundance of foodstuffs, and to take appropriate measures to address any imbalance that the markets may encounter, revealing work to formulate a strategy Real, to achieve self-sufficiency and food security in the country by supporting agriculture, moving industry, and providing an appropriate environment for the work of the private sector.

The meeting was attended by the economic advisor to the Prime Minister, representatives of the ministries of commerce, agriculture, labor, social affairs, and planning, in addition to the heads of the Iraqi Federation of Industries and the Federation of Chambers of Commerce.

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