Q&A: Begard Talabani, KRG Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources
Climate change, drought, and strained water relations with Iran and Turkey are creating major challenges for Kurdistan and its farmers.
KRG Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources Begard Talabani at her office in Erbil in October 2021. (LIZZIE PORTER/Iraq Oil Report)
ERBIL - The Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) has hundreds of thousands of hectares of agricultural land, both pasture and arable. It has water from mountain snowmelt, rain, springs, and rivers flowing from Iran and Turkey.
But Kurdistan's agriculture sector also faces serious challenges: climate change, drought, financial crises, and strained relationships with neighboring countries.
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