BAGHDAD - The Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture's announcement of achieving self -sufficiency in producing the wheat crop and exporting 13 agricultural crops sparked different reactions in the Iraqi circles, where some considered it a historical achievement that reflects a remarkable improvement in the agricultural sector, while others questioned the validity of these statements, describing them as "electoral propaganda" that do not reflect the reality.
The spokesman for the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture, Muhammad al -Khuzai, announced that Iraq achieved a historic achievement in the production of the wheat crop, as it exceeded the stage of self -sufficiency and reached a surplus achievement for the first time in the country's history. Production reached 6 million and 400 thousand tons, while the need for Iraq ranges between 5 million and 5 million and 200 thousand tons, which ...
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