Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani received, at his residence in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, today, Sunday, the CEO of Vertical Future, which specializes in agricultural technology and vertical farming, Jimmy Burrows, on the sidelines of his participation in the World Economic Forum.
Al-Sudani expressed his desire to cooperate with the international company and transfer technology in the agricultural sector to Iraq, which faces the challenges of climate change and suffers from a large water scarcity that has caused an increase desertification in its areas. He indicated that agriculture constitutes a priority in the government program, and the government has taken several measures and steps to develop the agricultural sector and entering of modern methods in agriculture and irrigation, in addition to supporting farmers and the private sector concerned with agriculture, which represents one of the pillars of the Iraqi economy.
For his part, the CEO of Vertical Future expressed his readiness to be present
in Iraq, and to cooperate in the field of supporting Iraqi agriculture with modern technology, and to exploit the areas of land available for agriculture and increase its production.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency