Baghdad – IA – Wissam Al-Mulla
The Minister of Agriculture, Abbas Jabr Al-Alawi, introduced right this moment, Saturday, that the realm of the plankton cultivation has elevated considerably in comparison with final yr, whereas confirming that this yr’s summer season plan represents one of many authorities’s successes.
Al-Alaywi informed the (INA) that “the Ministry of Agriculture accomplished the summer season agricultural plan, and it was a plan that represented one of many authorities’s successes.”
He identified that “the Ministry succeeded within the winter season of wheat cultivation, and manufacturing was 5 million tons final yr, and this yr it will likely be 6 million.”
He added, “The plan for cultivating rice was accepted and final yr it was 5,000 dunums, however this yr it’s 150,000 dunums, and this can be a very large distinction,” declaring that “maize cultivation is 925,000 dunums, and this represents the creation of latest alternatives for farmers and peasants.”
Throughout its final common session, the Council of Ministers issued numerous selections, together with the approval of the summer season agricultural plan for the season (2023-2024).