Iraq: Kurdish grower's greenhouses feature all sorts of crops
“I have had 250 to 300 tons of products this year alone,” Muhammed, who owns 1.5 hectares of land, which has been turned into an orchard growing at least 25 various kinds of agricultural products, told Rudaw.
Muhammed owns some 18 plastic planthouses which he uses to grow a variety of fruits and vegetables; cucumbers, grapes, melons, watermelons, tomatoes pepper and many others.
His reputation as a skilled farmer spread very quickly after a Japanese organization in the area approached him with an offer to grow broccoli.
“They provided me with a new plastic plant-house in which I grew the broccoli seeds that I received from them,” Muhammed said, while also cultivating the seed in some of his own farms using his own techniques. The results were astonishing.
“My crop was ready to be collected 15 days earlier than the other plant which I managed together with the Japanese organization,” he said. His broccoli was also twice as big as theirs.
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