According to Bashar Mushir, the general director of Kurdistan-Holland Company for Agricultural Investments, nearly 1,000 tons of potatoes have been sent to the United Arab Emirates since the start of August. An export contract for 5,000 tons of potatoes was signed in Erbil on August 7 between traders of potatoes in the Kurdistan Region and the UAE.
“The process of exporting Kurdistan potatoes to the UAE continues; about 300 to 400 tons of potatoes are exported each week through several containers,” said Mushir.
Moreover, according to statistics provided by the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of the Kurdistan Regional Government, farmers in the Kurdistan Region produced approximately 700,000 tons of potatoes this year, of which approximately 500,000 tons were produced in Bardarash district of Duhok province.
Source: kurdistan24.net
