DUHOK, Kurdistan Region — A group of 33 local farmers in the Kurdistan Region’s Duhok province gathered at 13th Grape Fair at Family Mall on Friday and displayed more than 60 types of grapes

Duhok’s grapes are well-known for their quality, which are typically of the red globe and black bird variety.

Khalid Ahmed is a local grape farmer. He told Rudaw that some lower-quality grapes imported from Egypt and the Kurdistan Region’s neighbors Iran and Turkey have harmed their business due to the lower prices of imported grapes. 

“It is the harvest season now, but grapes are imported from Egypt, Iran and Turkey while we have such good quality grapes,” he said. “It has harmed our grape market, although they are not as good as ours, but their prices are lower.”

Ahmed Khalid is one of the farmers who displayed his grapes harvest at the fair.  

He claimed that the chemicals they use for their farms could be expired, so he called on the government to ensure their quality. 
 
“We are harmed financially and our harvest becomes useless,” he said.

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