READER COMMENTS

The phenomenon of the desertification of Iraq is a recent phenomenon that wasn’t present originally; it appeared only a few years ago. The exacerbation of the desertification phenomenon in our country has had a negative effect on everyone. As such, we believe that the Ministry of Agriculture has to perform its duty in this respect, since the desertification problem is one of the problems that has come to be aggravated bit by bit. Suitable solutions have to be found to get rid of the desertification problem in Iraq. The Ministry of Agriculture is the first entity responsible for this aspect, and it has many responsibilities. It is a dire necessity for the Ministry of Agriculture to do its coordination work with all other ministries and government institutions in order to continue its work in destroying the desertification phenomenon and to start expanding the green spaces in all of Iraq and to expand this project. Also, the Ministry of Agriculture established agricultural oases. As such, we call on it to continue doing this positive work and to continue with potentially establishing such oases as quickly as possible, as large parts of Iraq were neglected in the past. This was the reason behind the exacerbation of the desertification phenomenon in Iraq, in addition to the climate and the changes it caused in nature, which were also reasons behind the desertification in our country.

I support allocating this money and those experts to treat the problem of sand storms and deal with the issue of planting forests and other issues as well. God willing, Iraq will get rid of the problem of desertification, which recently started to increase, due to the water not reaching the lands, and due to the great negligence of vast areas of cultivated land.

The program of expanding the green areas and of planting trees throughout Iraq is among the good projects. That’s why it is important to allocate money in order to put an end to the phenomenon of desertification. I think that this big financial support will eradicate this phenomenon and Iraq will witness a major shift in the agricultural sector, which will be improved thanks to these agricultural projects.

It is a good thing to see important projects of fighting desertification in Iraq. This has been a big problem that has led to the spread of fear and anxiety among citizens. In fact, this problem of desertification has caused many diseases, such as asthma. Thus, it is important to get rid of this problem by establishing a project in order to fight desertification. In fact, desertification is due to water scarcity. This has led to the death of many trees. Thus, the place will be a desert without trees, vegetation and water, and particularly the regions that have included sand dunes, such as the province of Diwaniyah from the east and from the center of the city of Baiji. In fact, Iraq needs a long time in order to get rid of this problem of desertification.

The Iraqi government must spend considerable amounts of money in establishing these service projects that will eradicate this incurable case. It must also rely mostly on agriculture once again, in order to grow giant trees around cities that will serve as “windbreaks.” In so doing, we will kill two birds with one stone in order to get rid of this big problem. I want to thank God for the presence of prior projects concerning this issue, because the success rate will be higher, God willing. As Iraqis, we should be proud of this heroic act which was carried out by these tremendous projects, which are working on ridding and relieving Iraq of this very big problem. Thus, we would like to thank God for everything that is taking place in Iraq. In fact, we want more progress and development in order to restore the former situation and make it even better. In addition, I would like to pray to God to grant them and whoever contributes to carrying out these acts all the best and all success, hoping that this project will be the most important one that paves the way for more important projects that could restore all its activities, God willing. I also pray to God that we can start more important projects that could benefit Iraq in the near future and help it reach a good stage, moving towards progress and development, God willing.

I am in favor of the Ministry of Agriculture in order to broaden the oasis project, to get rid of the major problem which has invaded Iraq, which is the problem of desertification. This problem causes Iraq to be a desert land, void of any life. If the Ministry of Agriculture doesn’t find solution to this major problem, then the best thing it did was to expand the oasis project, to put an end to this problem, and this is an excellent solution. It calls for making Iraq go through a kind of development in agriculture, to limit this problem. It will have to plant a belt of trees around the cities, to be buffers for the dusty wind, which carries diseases in it, and these trees are better suited for this kind of wind. In my opinion, there should be a joint cooperation between the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Agriculture, as these two ministries work on maintaining the health of the air and purifying it from germs. In my opinion, the Ministry of Agriculture should be more active in order to get rid of this desertification phenomenon, which is actually a problem in itself. The Ministry of Health should be supported with sufficient sums of money that should be sufficient for it, in order to accomplish its work in order to stimulate the labor. Also, the machines and tools have a big role, because without them, nothing will be accomplished. So, the Ministry of Agriculture should be more active in order to accelerate these acts, and in a faster way, in order to get rid of the desertification phenomenon, and to make these oases more beautiful and splendid for the cities, as they have a role to play in getting rid of the desertification.

The citizen still suffers from difficult living conditions. This has been due to administrative corruption and to the lack of services. We have only heard about the billions that will be spent on projects. However, in reality, services are still suffering from deterioration.

It is important to find a solution to the problem of desertification in Iraq, because Iraq suffers from a lot of pain, in addition to the killing heat of summer and the dust. These conditions cause the deaths of many patients with asthma in those deadly days. The Ministry of Agriculture has allocated an amount of money to finance a project to reduce desertification in Iraq, in addition to planting oases to provide large trees to act as windbreaks. Sand dunes are mostly in the alluvial plain in the eastern city of Diwaniyah, and the eastern belt of sand is in Eimara in the center of Bayji. Iraq needs a long period just to reduce the problem of desertification. We hope for all the best from this important project, which should reduce the large amount of dust coming from the desert, which sometimes brings diseases with it. The cause of desertification in Iraq in particular is the recent lack of rain, which caused a scarcity of water and led to desertification. The ordinary people of Iraq do not get water; so how can plants get it? We hope for all the best from this project, and it may be a good omen for Iraq to eliminate desertification, so that the unemployed find jobs, and other services, such as electricity, become available. We hope such services will be projects that are implemented soon. We pray to God to save Iraq from worry and stress and the problem of desertification of all types.