The head of the Local Associations of Agricultural Cooperative Societies in Basra, Raad Kreidi Al-Abadi, discussed with a delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture the problem of oil companies’ acquisition of agricultural lands in the governorate.
The Union’s media reported: “A ministerial delegation headed by the Director General of the Land Department in the Ministry of Agriculture, Ali Katib Al-Shammari, discussed with the Federation of Associations in Basra the importance of implementing several main axes related to farmers and peasants, including the problem of oil companies’ acquisition of agricultural lands in the governorate.”
Al-Abadi stressed the importance of protecting the local product, describing it as a national duty.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency