05/06/2012Farmers call on Prime Minister to protect them from unequal competition with imported crops
Baghdad, He appealed to farmers, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to intervene personally, being a sponsor of the agricultural initiative launched by a few years ago, to save them from the process of dumping the large market for agricultural products, and their income in unequal competition with crops imported.
He said farmers in contact with the independent press (IBA) that is witnessed by the market of agricultural crops Iraqi Day of flooding in various agricultural crops imported from neighboring countries make the farmers feel threatened by their losses large may make them abandon agriculture for the years ahead, a Masaqaibd Iraq significant economic losses.
They noted that Iraqi products, which is in peak production days, the current can not compete with the product importer, and the Ministry of Agriculture apparently unable to implement the decision to ban the import in the marketing of Iraqi products We therefore appeal to the Prime Minister to intervene personally to close the borders to crops imported to save for the future of Iraqi agriculture.
*And stressed that he is not in the interest of Iraq be out of millions of dollars from the country under the pretext of import of agricultural crops, at a time can be provided the marketing of local production, noting that Iraq is suffering these days from the issue of low exchange rate of the Iraqi dinar against the dollar and that causes a loss of considerable of the country.
They said the Prime Minister had previously fired agricultural initiative to support Iraq's agricultural sector and promotion, can not be any country to maintain its sovereignty without being able to provide safe food, but there are those who intentionally work to reverse this trend and allow neighboring countries to shop Mahaylha to Iraq, taking advantage of difference in price between them and Iraq.
The farmers that Iraq agricultural country since he was found, and at home emerged first agricultural communities, it is shameful that depends on the countries that were until yesterday near shopping than what you need for food, taking advantage of the situation which is going through the country.
and calls upon the Prime Minister that does not allow some of the beneficiaries of the process of flooding the market with crops that are available to influence the implementation of resolutions and to circumvent the various arguments and pretexts, to realize their profits at the expense of the Iraqi farmer, and the future of the agricultural sector in Iraq in general.
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