Iran, Iraq sign agricultural cooperation agreement

Minister of Agriculture Jihad Mohammad-Reza Eskandari and Iraqi Minister of Agriculture Yuarib Nadhim al-Abudi, during a meeting here Monday, signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation between their agriculture sectors.

According to the memorandum of understanding, the Iraqi minister expressed a desire to avail of the agricultural expertise of Iranians in training Iraqis in various agricultural and veterinary fields including raising improved qualities of wheat, barley, rice and animal feed, corn seeds and improving animal species such as cows, sheep and goats as well as production of animal vaccines and materials used for veterinary and desertification purposes.

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