Compensating farmers from bad weather in Bardash district

Ninewa-Farmers NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Government of Kurdistan region distributed amounts of wheat and barely to farmers who were hit by the recession of the agricultural season as a result of the bad weather, the mayor of the Bardash district said on Monday. “The government distributed 1232 tons of wheat and 673 tons of barely to farmers in Bardash district, east of Mosul, who were hit by the bad weather,” Mazen Mohaed Saaed told IraqiNews.com. Last winter witnessed lack of rains, the mater negatively affected agriculture and forced many farmers to leave for other cities. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. The original city of Mosul stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient biblical city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial areas on both banks, with five bridges linking the two sides. Despite having an amount of Kurdish population, it does not form part of the area controlled by the Kurdistan Regional Government Kurdistan RegionG). There are different communities in Mosul like Christians, Shiites and Kurds along with a Sunni majority. The fabric Muslin, long manufactured here, is named for this city. Another historically important product of the area is Mosul marble. The city is also a historic center for the Nestorian Christianity of the Assyrians, containing the tombs of several Old Testament prophets such as Jonah, Yunus in Arabic, and Nahum. SH (S)/SR 1