Location: Baghdad, Iraq
Duration: 00:04:24
Voice: Natural
Source: A24 News Agency
Restriction: A24 clients
Dateline: 22/03/2022
Storyline:
The Iraqi Minister of Agriculture, Mohammad Khafaji, inaugurated the activities of the 13th agriculture week at Baghdad International Fair. The event themed “Protecting and supporting the agricultural product is a guarantee to achieve sustainable food security” will run until the 25th of March. Khafaji said that the ministry intends to support farmers through developing legislation and laws that serve the agricultural sector, adding that this sector is one of the main activities that contribute to strengthening national security, as it is linked to achieving food security.
Shot list:
Soundbite (Khaled Al-Walim – Citizen):
“I hope the Ministry of Agriculture will reconsider wheat, especially since the Iraqi Seed Production Company and the Agricultural Research Department do not rely on good types of wheat. They focus on types that do not meet the needs of the market and citizens, especially after complaints about wheat in the markets.”
Soundbite (Nouria Al-Moussawi – Head of the Agricultural Engineers Department):
“Some of the union’s affiliated offices participated in the event by displaying some of their products and services, such as Al-Dia’a Office for Agriculture and Veterinary Services and the Carpet Apiary. A group of female agricultural engineers in the union also manufactured dates. We participated last year and this year.”
Soundbite (Haider Hadi Obaid – Agricultural Engineer):
“Cultivation of local mushrooms in the city of Al-Diwaniyah succeeded for the first time after 6 years of experiments. The city is characterized by the production of tahini and olive oil. The governorate is also famous for its wheat and barley crops, where the cultivated area is about 500 thousand dunums of wheat and 295 dunums of barley.”
Soundbite (Ahmed Ayed Qassem – Agricultural Engineer):
“In Nineveh Governorate, we planted rice and millet this year. We also produce broiler chickens and laying hens. We produce about 33 million eggs and 250 thousand chickens per month. Nineveh is moving towards self-sufficienc
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