Iraq’s Council of Ministers authorised the Ministry of Agriculture to contract with Date Palm Developments Ltd (DPD) to supply 20,000 tissue-cultured palm seedlings as part of the National Program for Date Palm Rehabilitation and Seedling Propagation in Iraq for 2024.
The council also exempted it from government contracting and budget execution regulations.
UK-based DPD is majority owned by Indian chemical company Atul.
(Sources: PMO, DPD)
