Chapter 1137 Preparations for Agricultural Development

ps: Thanks to the book friend "The Lie in the Wind" for the reward of 10,000 starting coins, this chapter will be updated for him.

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The annual new product launch conference of the Future Technology Group is over, and Cai Ruichen does not relax because of this.

Another big problem that plagues the development of Iraq and Syria, and even the entire Middle East, is the climate problem.

In fact, from North Africa to West Asia, there are the same problems. At the beginning of the development of human civilization, a large number of trees were cut down and animal husbandry was developed, and because of climate change, the Middle East and North Africa became the world's largest largest desert area.

In the former Arab civilization, it was not camels but goats at the beginning. As deserts became more and more, camels became the main animal husbandry.

At this time, in Iraq and Syria, a large amount of food is also imported by the Future Technology Group, and the supply of local food is simply not enough to meet the basic food needs of the people of the two countries.

War is fought on the economy, and also on logistics. If a country cannot even supply its own domestic food, the war will become extremely difficult.

Just like Japan during World War II, when faced with the US maritime blockade, it was not only steel and crude oil that could not be shipped to Japan, but also those grains.

This made Japan's domestic food supply often appear in the middle of the second half of World War II. Hungry was also a common memory of Japanese people during that period.

Although Cai Ruichen is not worried that food sources will be blocked in future wars, he cannot rely on outsiders for everything.

In the future, the territory he owns will be far more than the two countries of Syria and Iraq, so it is also necessary to solve the problem of domestic food self-sufficiency.

After all, imported food has also greatly increased the cost of living of the domestic people, there is no doubt about this.

And all Iraqis. It is impossible for all to participate in the development of industry.

In the past, the proportion of agriculture in Iraq was also very high. The famous candied dates in Iraq used to be a large amount of export revenue for the Iraqi government.

And the development of animal husbandry. It also needs the assistance of agriculture. In the past, Cai Ruichen had no choice. Just don't think about it.

However, with the increasing temperature and the shrinking agricultural development, Cai Ruichen was also quite anxious.

If you say that in the past, it was difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice,

Now, too, are the biggest opportunities for agricultural development in Iraq and Syria.

Outside Marin Town, the south is surrounded by the west, and the wilderness is all because there is no running water for irrigation. It can only be a deserted farmland, which is gradually eroded by wind and sand and turned into a wilderness Gobi.

At present, Iraq has a small amount of agriculture, and all of them are concentrated in a single river basin. This place where the civilization of the Middle East was born has also retained a little agricultural foundation for Iraq.

And since a year ago, a large number of Iraqi farmers have all been gathered together and started to manage those abandoned farmlands.

Although there is not much rain in the sky, the Future Technology Group has stated. Water will be diverted from Lake Celsar to irrigate all nearby farmland.

In one year, nearly 50 million acres of abandoned farmland have all been developed. For this purpose, Future Technology Group has also prepared a large number of excellent seeds.

A large number of seeds have also been sent to farmers. But what puzzles everyone is that the Future Technology Group seems to have not started the construction of the water diversion project.

With 50 million mu of farmland and more than 30,000 square kilometers of land, almost all of the deserted Gobi in Iraq has been developed.

Equivalent to one fourteenth of the land area of ​​Iraq, this utilization rate has reached an astonishing level.

Once there is sufficient rainwater irrigation, combined with uniform fertilization and the high-yielding seeds produced by the Future Technology Group, it only takes one season of harvest to reach a food production of at least 50 million tons, which can meet the needs of a population of only 30 to 40 million. Iraqi. three years required.

And with the development of agriculture, the development of animal husbandry will also usher in better development. Both are also complementary.

To this end, the Future Technology Group has also prepared a large number of agricultural machinery and equipment. In order to meet the demand of 50 million mu of farmland in the future.

It's just that, a year later, no food has been planted, because the dry land cannot be used for planting at all.

It's just that the agricultural development company of the Future Technology Group has been guiding all Iraqi farmers to build agricultural water storage facilities.

On average, in every square kilometer of the world, there are water storage ponds dug. These ponds can directly irrigate farmland and can also be used to raise freshwater fish.

The area of ​​the pond is large enough and the depth is sufficient, even directly leading to the underground river in Iraq. As long as it has been moistened by rain, even if there is no rain for several months in the future, there will be water in the pond.

When all these projects were completed, the 5,000 mu of farmland had been prepared for nearly a year.

Recently, all registered farmers have also received seeds based on their own land.

Although there is still no drinking water project, the Future Technology Group said that this year's weather will have a lot of rain, so even if there is no drinking water project, it can be used to grow food.

The dubious farmers also began to observe the weather according to the weather forecast of the Future Technology Group.

However, several days have passed, and the weather is simply hot and dry, without the hot and dry feeling before the rain.

At this time, and in the past two days, the weather forecast on Iraqi national television began to report that it would start to rain the day after tomorrow.

The report claimed that the weather forecasting working group, using the new phased array weather radar technology, was basically certain that rain would arrive in two days.

The Iraqis who don't know much at all choose to believe.

Today, the sun is still shining brightly in the sky, and it seems that there is no sign of rain at all.

This made all the farmers who took the seeds to prepare in the paddy fields a little anxious. In the awning of the field, the farmers in the nearby fields gathered together in twos and threes, and all of them were a little anxious.

"It's not that it's raining, it's already noon, and there's not even a single cloud in the sky."

"It's true, it's been a long time since it rained, and it's still raining heavily, which is a bit unreliable."

"I believe that Mr. Cai will not lie. He said that it will rain. Let's wait."

Hearing that one of them mentioned Cai Ruichen, the anxiety in everyone's hearts calmed down somewhat.

While everyone was anxiously waiting for the heavy rain, an off-road vehicle suddenly appeared on the field, and the car slowly parked beside the awning on the side of the cement road.

Under the curious gazes of the nearby Iraqis, Cai Ruichen opened the car door and got out. (To be continued.)