Economy News _ Baghdad
The provincial council of Maysan, on Wednesday, recorded the province's highest level in its history of wheat and barley amounted to more than a quarter million tons.
"The last winter season was rainy and covered all the agricultural land in the province," said Maitham al-Sadkhan, chairman of the Agriculture and Irrigation Committee of the council, in an interview with the official newspaper "Al-Sabah". He pointed out that "this year, 232 thousand tons of Wheat crop, and 33 thousand tons of barley. "
Al-Sadkhan added that "the province recorded for the first time in its history this figure," noting that "the province and through the water quota available to it and following the approach of the Ministry of Water Resources, has been approved for the cultivation of the crop of the summer season after Maysan was banned from planting since the year 2008 ".
He added that "a plan has been submitted to the Ministry of Water Resources to grow 150 thousand acres within 16 sites distributed in the center and districts and areas of the province."economy-news.net/content.php?id=17266
The provincial council of Maysan, on Wednesday, recorded the province's highest level in its history of wheat and barley amounted to more than a quarter million tons.
"The last winter season was rainy and covered all the agricultural land in the province," said Maitham al-Sadkhan, chairman of the Agriculture and Irrigation Committee of the council, in an interview with the official newspaper "Al-Sabah". He pointed out that "this year, 232 thousand tons of Wheat crop, and 33 thousand tons of barley. "
Al-Sadkhan added that "the province recorded for the first time in its history this figure," noting that "the province and through the water quota available to it and following the approach of the Ministry of Water Resources, has been approved for the cultivation of the crop of the summer season after Maysan was banned from planting since the year 2008 ".
He added that "a plan has been submitted to the Ministry of Water Resources to grow 150 thousand acres within 16 sites distributed in the center and districts and areas of the province."economy-news.net/content.php?id=17266