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Shafaq News- Diyala

Diyala’s date production is expected to reach about 150,000
tonnes during the 2026 season, up roughly 20,000 tonnes from last year, the
province’s Agriculture Directorate said on Sunday.

Mohammed al-Mandlawi, a spokesman for the Directorate, told
Shafaq News that the current season has seen further expansion in the
cultivation of rare and commercially important date varieties, particularly
Barhi and Medjool. New palm orchards have also been established, with more than
60,000 palm offshoots planted so far.

“Diyala’s palm sector has expanded significantly in
recent years,” he added, noting that the number of palm trees in the
province has reached more than 2 million.

On Friday, the Ministry of Agriculture announced that Iraq
has achieved self-sufficiency in wheat and dates, detailing that the number of
date palms in the country has risen from about 12 million after 2003 to 22
million in 2026.

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