Launch a new meal of peasants and farmers dues last 2016

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04.01.2017 12:52


Long-Presse / Baghdad

The Ministry of Commerce, on Wednesday, launching a new meal of peasants and farmers marketers wheat crop last year's dues in 2016, while confirming its quest to end this file and complete the distribution of these receivables.

The Director General of Administrative and Financial Department of the Ministry of Commerce Zuhair Ahmed Salman, in a statement received (range Press), a copy of it, that "the Ministry of Commerce has launched a new meal of peasants and farmers marketers for wheat crop for 2016 dues, amounting to 475 billion Iraqi dinars," noting "the amount will be distributed to farmers and marketers after the audit by the Office of financial supervision, according to a plan by the General Company for grain trade and according to special tables developed for this matter."

Salman said, "The Ministry of Commerce has made great efforts in order to close this file and the completion of the distribution of benefits farmers and peasants operations in light of the role played by the agricultural sector in the provision of people's livelihood and stability of the distribution of food vocabulary and rely on the national product and the face of the financial crisis faced by the country."

It is said that the Ministry of Commerce announced last week the launch amount of 425 billion Iraqi dinars from the peasants and farmers entitlements as part of a government program on the operations of the entire marketing wheat crop dues to pay.

The Ministry of Agriculture announced on Sunday (4 December 2016), the government has allocated 900 billion dinars for the reimbursement of peasants and farmers for wheat crops for two seasons in 2015 and 2016, while confirming that the maize marketing for the current season dues pay-go without delay.

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