Baghdad – IA
Today, Saturday, the Ministry of Agriculture confirmed the association of agricultural season plans with the use of modern irrigation systems, while confirming their provision to farmers at 40% subsidized prices and installments paid over 10 years.
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Advisor to the Ministry of Agriculture, Mahdi Damad Al-Qaisi, told the Iraqi News Agency (INA): “The Minister of Agriculture, Abbas Jabr Al-Maliki, signed a contract last month with the Austrian company Bauer, to supply Iraq with six thousand modern irrigation systems with sprinklers with different capacities, and they will be sold at subsidized prices of 40% and in installments over 10 years.” Years”.
He pointed out that “there is a strong demand among farmers for modern systems after examining their benefits and advantages,” pointing out that “the government’s direction is to expand technologies to legalize water and increase production.”
He added, “The Ministry did not indicate during the current or past years any misuse of irrigation systems, and our winter agricultural plan and the rest of the seasons were associated with the use of modern irrigation systems and wells.”
He pointed out that “the areas allocated for the use of modern irrigation systems start from 60 dunums, 80 dunums, and 120 dunums,” indicating that “using them reduces water use by 40%, which gives us room to expand agriculture.”
