IRAQ: UPDATE: 74% of Iraqi date palm crops now sprayed
noticias.info     May 14, 2008          

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Pest control efforts for the Iraqi commercial date palm crop that began April 16, 2008, are now more than 74% complete. The total project covers approximately 166,500 acres in the Babil, Karbala, Najaf, Wasit, Baghdad and Diyala provi... [read full story]                

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