Projects in agriculture

FIRST: Plant Production Projects

Thi-Qar governorate is distinguished for its fertile lands of vast areas. The opportunities for the success of agriculture in it have been enhanced by the fact that they are lands that are irrigated from the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and through the passage of the largest drainage canal in Iraq (the general downstream) across its lands. The investment commission in the governorate has prepared a good and promising group of investment opportunities distributed on various governorate areas.

distribution of areas proposed for investment according to the method of present land usage
Plant production	Animal wealth	Other purposes
141,307 donums	50,788 donums	5,000 donums
TOTAL: 197,095 donums

Investment opportunities for plant production projects

Seq.	Opportunity	Administrative Unit	Location	Area	Project description
1	Agricultural city	Nasiriyya	Sectors 8 & 48 west of Nasiriyya city	15,000 donums	Build an agricultural city in which modern machinery and irrigation are used
2	Second agricultural city	Chibayesh – Hammar – Fuhood	Sectors 17 & 37 on Basra – Nasiriyya highway	70,000 donums	Build an agricultural city in which modern machinery and irrigation are used
3	Strategic crops planting	Rifaee	Sector 12 – Shamiyya	1,000 donums	Important strategic crops: wheat and barley
4	Cotton planting	Rifaee	Humaira – sector 19	1,000 donums	Set up model cotton farms
5	Covered planting (plastic houses)	Sayyid Dakheel	Sector 31 – Khasai East	100 donums	Set up covered fields for planting seasonal crops
6	four projects for covered planting	Hammar	Bani Hateet – Kannafiyya – Khwayjaiyya - Majeeda	80 donums	Reclaimed lands – 20 donums per site
7	projects for covered planting	Shatra	Sadeefa – sector 23	15 donums	Set up covered farms using modern techniques
8	Sesame and field pistachio planting	Islah	Sector 23 – Madihina – Majithim	4,000 donums	Invest lands by preparing and planting them
9	Seasonal crops	Islah	Sharash – sector 62	100 donums	Set up covered fields for planting seasonal crops
10	Covered planting	Tar	Al Juwaybir	100 donums	Set up an agricultural project via the covered planting method
11	Covered planting	Tar	Al bu Khalifah	20 donums	Set up an agricultural project via the covered planting method
12	Field crop planting	Dawaya	Hataman sector	13,000 donums	Lands are fully reformed, contracted with farmers, need development by investors
13	Field crop planting	Dawaya	Sector 18 Umm al-Rummah	1,500 donums
14	Field crop planting	Dawaya	Sadeefa East – sectors 22, 32	3,000 donums
15	Plant production projects	Chibayesh	Left of highway	100 donums	Lands good for planting various crops