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| KURDISTAN | FOOD & AGRICULTURE SECTOR | |
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| Topic Started: 9th December 2012 - 01:24 AM (41,755 Views) | |
| ALAN | 15th May 2013 - 02:18 PM Post #26 |
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Kirkuk silos to receive farmers’ stocks The director of the Kirkuk Agricultural Department announced that today, Tuesday, May 14, the silos will be open and able to receive the farmers’ stocks. Mahdi Mubarak, the director of the department told Kirkuk Now “We held our meeting yesterday May 13 and decided to form a committee responsible for the harvesting of lands in the province and the silos will be open to receive the farmers’ stocks on May 14.” Mubarak announced that upon the decision of the Council of Ministers, the selling prices for wheat and barley will be increased by 10%, saying “This year, we will buy twice the amount of wheat and barley we bought last year.” Kirkuk province comes second in wheat production amongst the other provinces as it yielded more than 220 tons of wheat and barley last year. “Based on our estimations, the production will be higher compared to last year,” Mubarak added. Karum Muhammad Read more: http://kirkuknow.com/english/index.php/2013/05/kirkuk-silos-to-receive-farmers-stocks/#ixzz2TKcajfhH |
 
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| ALAN | 14th June 2013 - 12:51 AM Post #27 |
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E.Kurdistan Province enjoys agricultural trade potentials, needs help in other areas: Rezaei tells Kurdpress Sine - The presidential contender for Iran’s 14 June election Mohsen Rezaei said the province of East Kurdistan benefited from having agricultural and trade capabilities which can provide food and job for 23000000 people. Speaking with Kurdpress news agency during his Sunday election campaign visit to Sanandaj, the center of the province, Rezaei added Kurdistan needs help from other province of the country to improve its situation. He accepted the discrimination-centered policy before the Islamic Revolution of Iran has been continued in the bordering provinces of the country, vowing he would make changes in this regard. Rezaei further stressed on his economic state plan and said he will improve the economic situation of the people if elected as president. The presidential contender further vowed to set article 15 and 19 of the constitution in to motion to revive the language and tribal rights of different groups of the people in the country. |
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| ALAN | 17th June 2013 - 11:53 AM Post #28 |
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Cattle Number is up in South Kurdistan (KRG) 13/6/2013 Along with the fast construction process now taking place in the self-rule south Kurdistan, the agricultural sector is also progressing. Part of that, taming animals is in south Kurdistan importantly considering by the KRG, especially in the rural and mountainous areas. According to the latest statistics of Sulaimani Veterinary Directorate, in south Kurdistan, the three provinces of Erbil, Sulaimani, and Duhok, about 4 million and 66000, cattle are being kept now. http://hawlergov.org/en/article.php?id=1371099650 |
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| Worldwar2boy | 18th June 2013 - 04:18 AM Post #29 |
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Kurdistan, Yan Naman.
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very good, but i think it's still too low they should have more cattle so we don't have to import meat anymore because meat demand is very high |
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| ALAN | 24th June 2013 - 11:36 PM Post #30 |
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The HZPC & KDBC making S.Kurdistan (KRG) unique for growing the Potatoes! 23/6/2013 From 27th to 30th of May 2013 The HZPC- growing with our potatoes and KDBC – Kurdish Dutch Business Community travelled to the autonomous south Kurdistan to find out how the Potato’s legs in Kurdistan is growing. We visited the Minister of Agricultural & Water Resources in Arbil and had a good meeting with the two main senior DG’s on the Horticulture sectors. Mr. Anwar and Mr. Hussein. They made a good recommendation about the products which the HZPC already exporting to Kurdistan and the varieties have the good reputations in the Kurdistan region. We managed also to visit an event in “Barda Rash” district , where as the 150 farmers were gathered to listen, see and show them how to grow, protect and make more production and benefits out of the Dutch varieties of Potato’s. The KDBC is the first best business match maker since 2003 to build up the bridge between the Netherlands and Kurdistan entrepreneurs and companies. Mr. Jan Prince, the director of HZPC quoted our trip to Kurdistan as a “more than he expected to be” ! The profile of HZPC and ambitions and missions suited to south Kurdistan Region: Ambitions We are an international company, active in the potato market. We develop new and improved varieties and our seed potatoes are exported worldwide. Mission Our mission, our reason of existence: We want to contribute to the development of responsible food for a growing world population. Of course this sounds like a very noble aspiration but for us this is more than realistic. Our potatoes can make a difference. What most people do not know is that potatoes can produce good food in a short period with relatively little water. Good food meaning food rich in vitamins and carbohydrates. However, at present the worldwide potato production is limited by the susceptibility to diseases and the lack of specific potato knowledge. We can contribute to an improvement of potato growth in the world by making use of our expertise in Research and development. Vision Our vision, our dream for the future: "The world is our playground". Our vision is to play a key role in all profitable markets and as such be the preferred choice of our business partners and customers worldwide. We aim to be a leading player in the world of potatoes. We consider borders to be opportunities instead of limitations. Our varieties can make a difference therefore everybody should have the chance to grow them. Goals and essences • We continuously improve our potato knowledge. In close cooperation with our breeders we develop new varieties that meet the demands of our clients. • To distinguish ourselves from our competition, added value is an essential part of our sales and supplies to all parties in the chain. The keyword within our relations is reliability. • We are proud of our growers in the different countries. They guarantee the production of high quality seed potatoes and as such their companies and farms are an inextricable part of our company. • We have a passion for potatoes. We strongly believe that our employees can make the difference by meeting the demands of our clients and by strengthening the relations. • In figures our most import objective is an 4 % annually increase of certified quantities and an equity profit of 8 % per year. Our activities are based on the above in order to assure continuity for our growers, breeders, shareholders and employees. www.HZPC.com
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| ALAN | 26th June 2013 - 02:55 PM Post #31 |
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Agriculture in south Kurdistan: A Long Way to Grow By Judit Neurink SULAIMANI, south Kurdistan - Dutch agricultural entrepreneur Annemiek van Waarden arrived in the Kurdistan Region in 2007 to start growing apples, pears and other fruits, as well as to import seed potatoes and advise Kurdish famers how to grow them. Since then, she has shifted her main activities to supplying imported first-class produce for luxury hotels in the autonomous Kurdish enclave (KRG). The 45-year-old is also in charge of growing local products that can compete with imports. But the slow local development Van Waarden has witnessed in her six years here has forced her to speak out, warning that at this rate agriculture in Kurdistan has no chance of competing with production and quality in neighboring countries. “Agriculture is a knowledge sector. We are constantly busy trying to keep up with development elsewhere, to be able to compete. But the development in Kurdistan is not going fast enough,” she complains. The Dutch businesswoman is no stranger to the history of embargoes, wars and chemical attacks that changed Iraq from an agricultural producer to a consumer. She wants farmers to produce enough to feed Kurdistan’s inhabitants, but admits that is a distant goal. An agricultural engineer by training, she notes that in her own homeland after the Second World War the Dutch government focused on improving agriculture by educating farmers at schools and universities, and through research and free advice. “They visited my granddad weekly to advise him on how to improve growth and production,” she recalls. Because of the importance given to agriculture, it took 50 years for authorities to hand it over to the private sector, Van Waarden says. “Now, we pay for advice, and every farmer has his own advisor to make sure he gets the best results. That is where we should be heading in Kurdistan, because we have to get better than our competition.” When she compares the production of Kurdish farmers with those in neighbouring countries, she thinks the Kurdish potato production is about half of what is produced in comparable circumstances; for fruit it is no more than one-tenth. Iranian, Turkish and Syrian farmers have more knowledge about when to plant, how much water and feed to give, how to select and use pesticides and the right time and method of harvesting. Because their production is going up, farmers can buy better equipment and seed, raising output even more. “A farmer has to work hard. If in Holland a farmer does not improve or even achieve the same results every year, he can just about close his farm. That is how fast the competition is moving,” Van Waarden says. For Kurdish farmers, the competition comes mainly from Turkey, Iran and Syria, whose products have flooded Iraqi markets. Many of them are B- or C-grade products, the Dutch entrepreneur says. “A-grade products hardly get into Kurdistan, because the importers have a higher profit margin when they buy lower quality.” Yet the Kurdish products are hardly better than imports. Van Waarden is highly critical of the government’s policy of occasionally banning imports to protect local production. “The government has to stimulate and facilitate, not pamper the farmers. They have to be stimulated to become better than the competition. Keeping the competition out creates the wrong incentive, it makes farmers lazy.” Instead of giving tractors and equipment for free to farmers, as in the past, Van Waarden calls for the government to facilitate farmers with cheap loans. To pay back the loans, farmers have to work hard and improve quality and production. “It would be good to create a ‘farmer of the year’ competition, with a trip abroad as a prize, for instance. That will work as a stimulus,” Van Waarden believes. She notes that most of the greenhouses for cucumbers and tomatoes that the government and aid organisations gave to farmers for free were not being used for a second year. “The farmers did not make money, as they were not stimulated and advised how to use them in the most profitable way,” she explains. Van Waarden advocates that the government should facilitate research, for instance on irrigation and the use of different seeds, feeding products and pesticides. Test fields are needed to see which plant grows the best where. The authorities should provide free advice, she says, so that “farmers should have someone to talk to about their problems.” To help farmers work more efficiently, Van Waarden suggest they unite in a cooperative or make bigger farms. “Small farms are burdened with relatively high costs. To increase the size of the business is a way out, but that has to be well organized and planned. In this world you cannot farm alone. Farmers need to work together on some issues; they need to sell their goods together to make sure they get the best price,” she advises. Speaking from experience in Holland and elsewhere in Europe, Van Waarden is concerned about the lack of agricultural control in Kurdistan. “Everything that is imported into Kurdistan needs a health certificate and is tested. But farmers are not checked on whether they did not spray their products with pesticides right before harvesting, or if they are harvesting when the product is ripe enough. There is no control at all.” Her conclusion is that the five-year plan the Ministry of Agriculture made for production targets is a good start, but that good policy is also needed to achieve targets. It can be done, she is sure, because Kurdistan has all the necessary ingredients: good soil, underground water wells, climate and a big reservoir of people who can grow into good farmers. “The change I have seen in six years? Then, there was little activity, little production and few farmers,” she remembers. “Now we have more greenhouse production, a few more orchards and a more activities. But we do not see many more Iraqi products of good quality on the market.” http://rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/250620131
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| ALAN | 2nd July 2013 - 02:03 PM Post #32 |
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Director of Kirkuk gardens resigns The director of the gardens department of the Kirkuk municipality, Twana Abdulmajid has resigned from his post following the failure of the projects in the city. A source from the Kirkuk Municipality told Kirkuk Now “The director of the gardens department has resigned from his post.” “Twana Abdulmajid has resigned from his post following heavy criticisms against him for the failure of the green foliage projects,” the source added. Kirkuk Now tried to reach Twana Abdulmajid but he was not yet ready to give any statement. “Twana Abdulmajid demanded that the budgets for the gardens and green projects to be increased did not receive any response from the municipality,” according to the source. Read more: http://kirkuknow.com/english/index.php/2013/07/director-of-kirkuk-gardens-resigns/#ixzz2XrDkZ6XR |
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| ALAN | 2nd July 2013 - 11:38 PM Post #33 |
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Agricultural department to provide loans for farmers Mahdi Kakaiy, the director of the department - Photo: Karim Muhammad The Kirkuk Agricultural Department is planning to give farmers loans without any interest as a supportive measure for agriculture. The director of the department, Mahdi Kakaiy told Kirkuk Now “So far, 900 million dinars have been given to the farmers.”  A farmer on his field – Photo: Karim Muhammad “The farmers are provided with the loans to buy their needs such as tractors, equipments, etc and loans are given without the addition of any interest,” Kakaiy added. Kakaiy addressed the fact that the amount of the money being provided for the entire program is much greater than in the past years, and that they hoped the farmers would gain benefits from the loanss. Regarding the paying back of the loans, Kakaiy stated that each farmer is given 10 million ID, and they should pay the sum back within five years, at two million dinars per annum. Read more: http://kirkuknow.com/english/index.php/2013/07/agricultural-department-to-provide-loans-for-farmers/#ixzz2XtYMCwwC |
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| ALAN | 3rd July 2013 - 06:31 PM Post #34 |
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A Kerkuk garden north of the city is going dead |
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| ALAN | 13th July 2013 - 01:07 AM Post #35 |
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SK needs more of these  Danone will open its branch in South Kurdistan Translated by me: One of the biggest dairy product companies in the world is about to bring its branch to the self-rule South Kurdistan (KRG). Talar Mumtaz, the general director of the company in KRG told (Xendan) that "Danone is an international company that was first established in 1919 and its Head Quarters is located in France, it specialzes in dairy products, water, kids food, and medicine, at the moment the company has 200,000 employees across the world in 120 countries, and South Kurdistan has been getting some of its products for three years now". "Danone has decided to open up one of its branches in the KRG's capital Hawler (Erbil), so that it can supply the Kurdish people directly with its products and all the necessary requirements will be completed by the end of the year". Talal added. Talal also refered to the benefits of the company for the self-rule KRG, by adding that "one of the polices of the company is that at the start 70% of the employees will be from the local community then the number will rise to 100%, and the company gives its employees 100% of their workers rights". http://radionawa.com/Detail.aspx?id=14632&LinkID=1#.UeAZQ0Ewezw
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| ALAN | 21st July 2013 - 12:42 PM Post #36 |
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Crop production increasing The Kirkuk Agricultural Department has announced that the total production of 2013, which has been estimated at 325,000 tons, is an increase of 105,000 tons compared to last year. Mahdi Mubarak Kakaiy, the head of the department told Kirkuk Now “Until this date, the silos of Kirkuk have bought 325,000 tons of wheat and barley from the farmers of Kirkuk province.” He also stated the production has increased by 105,000 tons compared to the past year, which was estimated at 220,000 tons. Due to the rise in the products, Kirkuk is set to top the list in crop production as it came in at the second and third places in the past years. “Kirkuk has not yielded crop production as this year’s level in the past 15 years,” Kakaiy stated. Every ton of premium wheat is sold for 792,000 dinars and first and second grades for 682,000 and 572,000 dinars respectively. Karim Muhammad – Kirkuk Now Read more: http://kirkuknow.com/english/index.php/2013/07/crop-production-increasing/#ixzz2ZdzQYAF4 |
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| ALAN | 30th July 2013 - 10:07 AM Post #37 |
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Kerkuk Governor Najmadin Kareem opens "Kerkuk modern butchery"
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| ALAN | 1st August 2013 - 12:28 AM Post #38 |
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Fish production to increase in south Kurdistan 20/7/2013 According to statistics given by the General Directorate of Agriculture in Garmyan Area, fish production has remarkably increased comparing with the couple past years. Soran Hussein, head of fish productions in the General Directorate of Agriculture in Garmyan, has recently told Kurdistani Nwe Newspaper that there are now 25 big projects available in Garmyan for raising fish. He also said that the General Directorate of Agriculture in Garmyan has planned for building eight other projects for the same purpose. It is worth mentioning that there are tens of good rivers and lakes which are possible places for raising fish, and the KRG now helps farmers and those who have projects for raising fish financially. http://www.pukmedia.com/EN/EN_Direje.aspx?Jimare=6276 |
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| ALAN | 9th August 2013 - 10:06 PM Post #39 |
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| jjmuneer | 16th September 2013 - 11:37 PM Post #40 |
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KSS Salar
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Will this be specific fish farms? In which areas of a lake or water are isolated off for fish farming? |
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| Zagros | 17th September 2013 - 06:56 PM Post #41 |
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Salar
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| ALAN | 20th October 2013 - 09:32 PM Post #42 |
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| ALAN | 20th October 2013 - 10:11 PM Post #43 |
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| ALAN | 20th October 2013 - 11:43 PM Post #44 |
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| ALAN | 12th November 2013 - 10:48 PM Post #45 |
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Germany to support agriculture projects in Kurdistan Created on 12/11/2013. 12:14 Recently Professor Sirwan Babab KRG's minister of agriculture and water reasources received Germany's Consul General Alfred Simms-Protz in Erbil and his fellow delegation whom were from Baden region in Germany. During the meeting they discussed the relations between Kurdistan and Germany generally and in economic and agriculture sectors in particular. Mr. Baban mentioned about ministry's strategic plans for upcoming years to reform in the agriculture sector in Kurdistan meanwhile leading local products toward marketing business and improving their qualities for those reasons they have made few contracts with foreign companies to get benefit from their experiences. Later on Consul General thanked the minister and showed his interest to encourage German companies to invest in Kurdistan's agriculture sector as it can be a gate toward expanding relations and investment in whole Iraq. Source: KRG
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| ALAN | 19th November 2013 - 11:13 PM Post #46 |
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Agricultural opportunities in Kurdistan loom large for US businesses Erbil, South Kurdistan, Iraq - (KRG.org) – A US-led business delegation comprising of a number of international companies visited Kurdistan this week to explore investment opportunities in the fast-growing region, with a focus on agriculture, food and water sectors. The delegation, led by Steven Lutes, the Director of the US-Iraq Business Initiative(USIBI) at the US Chamber of Commerce, met with the Department of Foreign Relations to discuss opportunities in these sectors. The meeting was also attended by representatives from several foreign investment companies. Minister Falah Mustafa, Head of the DFR, highlighted the role foreign investors play in contributing to the continued development and revival of the South Kurdistan in Iraq. He said, ‘Our people seek good quality as well as choice of products and goods, which your companies can help provide by bringing the latest technology, know-how, expertise andexperience.’ Minister Mustafa added, ‘The development of the agriculture sector will not only help revive our fertile lands and provide skilled jobs and livelihoods for our people but is also key to our government’s plans to diversify our resource-rich region in order to reduce dependency on the energy sector, which we will need to avoid for a sustainable future.’ Mr Lutes emphasised the high level of interest in investing in the Region from both the US government as well as the chamber of commerce. The friendliness of the people, the stability of the Region, the favourable investment laws and receptiveness of the KRG have helped establish Kurdistan as an attractive emerging economy and to serve as the gateway to the rest of Iraq and other regional markets. Both sides agreed on the importance of cooperating in order to enhance mutual relations, particularly in areas of the specific interest in agriculture, food and water. Minister Mustafa spoke of the KRG’s plans and efforts towards the long term goal of attaining self-sufficiency in food and water with the help of foreign investors. He said, ‘We are happy and willing to work with other provinces and cities in Kurdistan to help foreign companies establish a presence in the Region.’ The KRG is aiming to reactivate the agricultural sector, for example by subsidising farmers with equipment and by improving access to and availability of statistical data in order for investors foreign to the Region better gauge avenues of opportunities.
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| ALAN | 20th November 2013 - 10:32 PM Post #47 |
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South Kurdistan 1st Scientific Agriculture Conference kicks off in Sulaimani 20/11/2013 12:37:00 This morning the First Scientific Agriculture Conference in South Kurdistan kicked off in the University of Sulaimani. The Conference was attended by Dr. Kareem Abdullah Representative of The Higher Education Minister in Kurdistan Regional Government, Dr. Anwar Qadir Representative of the KRG Agriculture Minister, representatives of agriculture colleges in Iraq and South Kurdistan universities in addition to experts in the agriculture field, DIRECTOR GENERAL of the Agriculture Directorate Faraidoon Omar said in a statement to PUKmedia. Reported by: Zaonab Rabea PUKmedia
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| ALAN | 7th December 2013 - 03:15 AM Post #48 |
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| Hayder-Kurdistani | 15th December 2013 - 07:35 AM Post #49 |
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Cîdar Yekem
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From al Jazeera about agriculture in South Kurdistan |
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| Hayder-Kurdistani | 15th December 2013 - 07:46 AM Post #50 |
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Cîdar Yekem
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SK was once the food busket for Iraq and now we import almost everything from Turkey, Iran, and even Lebanon |
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