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Tag Archive: wheat

The Tiziano Project

The Tiziano Project just wrapped up a 2-month workshop in Erbil training local journalists in New Media skills.  I learned about their project just after I left Erbil, but spoke with them when I was in Baghdad to see if any of their students might want to produce pieces on agriculture for The Iraqi Seed Project. Below is a video on grain harvest in Erbil by Zana Mamundy, you can follow his website here.  Please be sure to check out the rest of the pieces from The Tiziano Project’s workshop. They are doing excellent and exciting work.

The Farmers of Mahkmour

Kistukal

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