Iraq to Reap Up to 4.5 Million Tons of Local Wheat This Year
An Iraqi Kurdish farmer inspects wheat growing in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
Photographer: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images
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Iraq expects to harvest from 4 million to 4.5 millions tons of domestically-grown wheat to help the nation achieve self-sufficiency this year in its supply of the crop, Agriculture Minister Abbas Jabur said.
The ministry will increase the acreage area planted for wheat for the next growing season, scheduled to start in October, by using the latest irrigation technologies, Jabur said at an event in Baghdad. Officials are working to collect all wheat grown by local farmers to boost the national grain reserve, he said.