Shafaq News- Baghdad
Iraqi authorities have released overdue payments tofarmers, Finance Minister Falih al-Sari announced on Sunday, following weeks ofprotests over delayed compensation.
Al-Sari stated that the necessary procedures had beencompleted and that eligible farmers across the country would begin receivingthe allocations.
In May, dozens of farmers from central and southernIraq demonstrated in Baghdad over unpaid financial claims. Protesters gatheredin Tahrir Square before marching toward the Green Zone, where security forcesdispersed them with water cannons.
The cabinet had previously approved settlements forthe 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 agricultural seasons and raised wheat procurementprices to 700,000 dinars (about $535) per ton for crops covered under thenational agricultural plan.
: Iraq's farmers fed the state. Now they're waiting to be paid.
