Sweetcorn producing hits 300 thousand tones sweetcorn
In Erbil 39030 dunams of land is growing sweetcorn
Erbil (Kurdistan24) – The Director General of Agriculture Hemin Sayed Murad in a statement to Kurdistan 24 broadcasting revealed “The sweetcorn harvesting and volume are up to the farmers’ wills,”
“With the 9th Government Cabinet’s support towards the agriculture, the farmers intend to produce more variable types of crops, and that is to lead to more local production dominance,”
“In Erbil province, 39030 dunams of the farm lands grow sweetcorn, that is 130 thousand and 605 tons of sweetcorn. While in the entire region of Kurdistan is 204 thousand and 992 tones,” Murad stated
The sweetcorn needs warm and sunny weather, the cobs ripen in the summer, in Kurdistan it is eaten freshly harvested, grilled, dried grilled and popcorns. The crop is used by the industrial companies and factories, each year the production has raised in Kurdistan Region.
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The Director General added “Some of the farmers grow sweetcorn after harvesting wheat in the field,”
In the past, the farmers wouldn’t grow any corns, but the 9th cabinet have backed farmers to produce more local crops. According to the Director General of Agriculture.
