24 April 2012
BAGHDAD - Iraq's Ministry of Agriculture will cultivate six million doumns of land to produce 48 percent of the country's wheat demand.
This is the equivalent of 2.2 million tons of wheat, said general director of investment projects at the ministry Sabah Dar'e.
Iraq requires more than four million tons of wheat every year.
The ministry said recently that it had formulated a plan to grant food security by the end of 2015.
BAGHDAD - Iraq's Ministry of Agriculture will cultivate six million doumns of land to produce 48 percent of the country's wheat demand.
This is the equivalent of 2.2 million tons of wheat, said general director of investment projects at the ministry Sabah Dar'e.
Iraq requires more than four million tons of wheat every year.
The ministry said recently that it had formulated a plan to grant food security by the end of 2015.
© AK News 2012
