KISTUKAL means agriculture in Kurdish, it is also the name of a popular satellite television show that airs weekly on Zagros TV. The show’s target audience is farmers in the Kurdish region and its purpose is to educate farmers by showing the work of other farmers.  Each 22 minute episode is divided into three segments, topics are diverse– anything from beekeeping, to the wheat harvest, to plowing, to removing rocks from hillside farmland.

We spent the weekend with Mr. Azad- the show’s host, and Mr. Handren- the camera man and editor.  They took us to see Erbil’s grain silo, and visit several farms as they harvested their wheat.

Me, Alexi and Mr. Azad - Filming the wheat harvest outside of Erbil - Photo thanks to Mr. Handren

Close up of harvested and unharvested wheat fields.

Trucks waiting to deliver harvested wheat to the silo-- they say the wait can last 7 days

More wheat than can fit in the silo