Iraq in bid to revive ailing date industryThe Iraq Agriculture Ministry has an unveiled an ambitious $80 million plan to rebuild the date palm inventory up to 40 million trees in 10 years and to introduce more marketable varieties. Once, before its 1980s war with Iran, Iraq had 3 More… |
Iraq orders 7 Eurocopter choppersEurocopter has signed an agreement to supply seven AS350 B3 Ecureuil helicopters to the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture. The helicopters will be used for crop spraying missions over vast fields of date palm trees, which provide a major sourc More… |