Agreement with FAO to implement Agricultural projects in Basra

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: The local government in southern Iraq’s Basra Province has concluded an agreement with the UN Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) to implement several agricultural projects in the province, according to Basra‘s Provincial Office on Saturday. “A meeting between a FAO delegation and Basra‘s Deputy Governor, Ahmed al-Hassany, had discussed horizons of cooperation between both sides, reaching an agreement to establish several agricultural projects in Basra, including a branch to grow fish in Shatt al-Arab Waterway and a Centre to discuss joint cooperation between both sides,” he said. He added that FAO would also supply the Province with modern appliances to develop specialized research centres in Basra University, to concentrate on the agricultural situation, fishing and animal husbandry. “Basra‘s local government had signed in an earlier date a memorandum of understanding with FAO to develop the agricultural sector and fishing fortune, as well as other projects related to the development of foodstuff in the province,” the source stressed. Basra, the center of the province carrying the same name, is 590 km to the south of Baghdad. SKH/SR 2