Minister of Agriculture to Nina: The contribution of the agricultural sector to national production increased from 2.5% to 3.5% ... and we agreed to export five crops to the UAE and Qatar

Saturday 26, September 2020 10:28
 
Baghdad / NINA / Agriculture Minister Muhammad Karim al-Khafaji announced that the agricultural sector’s contribution to national production increased from 2.5% to 3.5%.

Al-Khafaji said in a statement to the Iraqi National News Agency ( NINA ) that "our production of dates this year amounted to more than 700 thousand tons, as there was a meeting for all date exporters a month ago and we set the first of next October as the date for the export process and agreed on the specifications and facilitated the procedures for the process." Export, including granting export licenses, "indicating that" export includes all kinds of dates. "

He added, "We have granted approvals to export pomegranates, tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplant and cowpea to the UAE and Qatar," noting that "any producer, any farmer, and any source we grant concessions in export operations."

On the production of the agricultural sector in the national production, Al-Khafaji stressed that "the contribution of the agricultural sector to the national production rose to 1%, where it was 2.5% and has now become 3.5%." For more than 5 million tons, and we hope that next year it will reach 4 or 4.5%. ”/ End 10

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