2024-01-05T06:52:33+00:00
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/ The Minister of Agriculture, Abbas Jabr Al-Maliki, announced on Friday the success of cultivating “Ghari” rice using the sprinkler irrigation system in Al-Mishkhab District, or the so-called “Amber City” within Najaf Governorate.
Al-Maliki said in a speech broadcast today via a video recording from the social networking site Facebook, “The Agricultural Research Department made the success of the transformation of the watermelon crop through fixed sprinklers, and the Al-Mishkhab station was the distinguishing mark and the bright spot in the success in cultivating several types of crops for the watermelon.”
He added that production was encouraged by more than a ton per dunum by planting the “Ghari” variety, which is a variety bred in the Research Department, and the “Jasmine” variety, adding that these two varieties had high productivity and achieved great success, so they will be planted in large quantities next year.
The Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture had taken a decision to prevent rice cultivation in the 2022 and 2023 seasons, respectively, due to the water crisis that resulted from the lack of water supplies imported to the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and the decline in rainfall due to the drought crisis that the region and Iraq in particular are going through.
Amber rice, Amber rice, Amber tam, or Shalab is one of the types of rice. It is considered the best and most produced in Iraq due to its extreme whiteness, distinctive aroma, high protein content, and large seed size. It is grown in Najaf, Diwaniyah, Babylon, Nasiriyah, and Mishkhab.
Anbar rice is grown only in southern Iraq, in clay soil and irrigated with Euphrates water. Its planting season begins in May and continues to grow for six months, with the harvest season in mid-October.