Shafaq News- Baghdad
Agricultural and meat prices rose across Iraq in 2025, withincreases recorded in wheat, rice, red meat, dates, and several fruit andvegetable products, Iraq’s Statistics and Geographic Information SystemsAuthority reported on Thursday.
According to a review by Shafaq News, field crop pricesrecorded noticeable increases, with wheat rising 4.9% to 510 Iraqi dinars (about$0.33) per kilogram, rice increasing 4.4% to 940 dinars (about $0.61), andbarley climbing 3.8% to 436 dinars (about $0.28) per kilogram. Okra prices roseby 3.6%, while tomatoes increased by 1.9%.
In the fruit sector, lemon prices increased by 3% to 3,034dinars (about $1.97) per kilogram, while pomegranate and peach prices rose by0.8% and 0.7%, respectively. Prices of other products, including apples andolives, declined. Date prices also increased, with Barhi dates rising 3% to2,032 dinars (about $1.32) per kilogram and Maktoum dates increasing 3.2% to1,755 dinars (about $1.14).
Data also revealed that red meat prices continued to climb,with lamb prices rising by 3.2% and beef by 3.1%, while chicken prices fell by7.2% to 2,900 dinars (about $1.89) per kilogram.
Iraq’s agricultural sector has faced mounting pressure inrecent years from inflation, currency fluctuations, rising production costs,and dependence on imports, while farmers have also complained about delayedgovernment payments for strategic crops such as wheat and barley, addingfurther strain to domestic food production and market stability.
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