.Economic activity of grape production to improve in northern Iraq
New nurseries are helping to improve grape production in northern Iraq.
Grape production is an important economic activity in Iraq, particularly in Dahuk, Arbil and Sulaymaniyah governorates. Grape production require relatively little investment and is a source of income for thousands of families in Iraq.
A major problem for grape producers in Iraq is the lack of improved grape varieties that enable increases to the quantity and quality of the grapes.
In November 2005, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) conducted a benchmarking study and selected 20 of the highest quality and most commercially valuable grape varieties cultivated in northern Iraq. Over the past few months, USAID has funded the collection of 1.2 million cuttings of these varieties from vineyards throughout northern Iraq, which will be used to create the three private nurseries in Dahuk, Arbil and Sulaymaniyah.
PortalIraq
At least this sounds like good news.
Grape production is an important economic activity in Iraq, particularly in Dahuk, Arbil and Sulaymaniyah governorates. Grape production require relatively little investment and is a source of income for thousands of families in Iraq.
A major problem for grape producers in Iraq is the lack of improved grape varieties that enable increases to the quantity and quality of the grapes.
In November 2005, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) conducted a benchmarking study and selected 20 of the highest quality and most commercially valuable grape varieties cultivated in northern Iraq. Over the past few months, USAID has funded the collection of 1.2 million cuttings of these varieties from vineyards throughout northern Iraq, which will be used to create the three private nurseries in Dahuk, Arbil and Sulaymaniyah.
PortalIraq
At least this sounds like good news.
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