The Kurdistan Region is set to export around 90 percent of its potato produce to the United Arab Emirates. Demand for Kurdish potato has grown in recent months, with several other Gulf states lining up to buy the starchy vegetable produced from the farms of the Kurdistan Region.
Karim Sulaiman, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources stated that they had signed an agreement on Monday to export 5,000 tons of potatoes to the UAE in the coming days. “Of course, if a well-known restaurant chain buys the potato, it means the quality of the potato is very good and reliable,” he added.
The Kurdistan Region in December made the first-ever export of its renowned pomegranates to Gulf countries, marking the region's first non-oil export and a landmark step in efforts to broaden the economy.
Source: rudaw.net
