Saturday, September 21, 2024

Baghdad

FAO expects Iraq to double wheat production

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations said on Saturday that it expects Iraq to double its wheat production this year. “Iraq could produce two million tons of wheat in 2010,” an FAO expert told the press. He attributed the increase in wheat production in Iraq to the better rain season this winter. MH (P)/SR 2