Sulaimani vegetable market (NRT Digital Media)

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SULAIMANI — Mayor of Sulaimani Awat Muhammad said on Monday (August 26) that local production of vegetables is sufficient to for the needs of the city’s residents and that he has been assured by officials that government regulators will work to protect both farmers and consumers.

He added that farmers will not be required to pay any fees to bring their produce the market.

Last week, the Kurdistan Regional Government banned tomato imports after local farmers said that they were having to dump their produce because prices were being undercut by foreign produce.

(NRT Digital Media)