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Iraq resumes rice cultivation after 2-year ban
Iraq has resumed rice cultivation after a two-year ban prompted by water scarcity, and is testing out a strain of the grain that consumes less water than traditionally planted versions, Reuters reports. Deputy Minister of Agriculture Mahdi Sahar Al-Jubouri …