Agriculture Ministry receives 170,000 tons of Zahdi dates

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture has received 170,000 tons of Zahdi dates during the season 2009-2010, a ministry official said on Thursday. A committee assigned to supervise the delivery of dates has set a price of 400,000 Iraqi dinars per ton for the Zahdi dates, a ministry statement quoted Hassan Namdarbeek as saying. SS (P)/SR 2