Al-Hasakah-Sana
Livestock raising in Al-Hasakah governorate has been negatively affected by the seizure of the “Qasd” militia associated with the US occupation of the feed distribution centers of the General Organization for Fodder branch, stealing their contents and depriving breeders of the types of fodder that were provided to them throughout the year at a subsidized price.
The reality of livestock faces additional challenges this year compared to last year, due to the delay in the growth of pastures and green spaces in the governorate due to the lack of rain that fell to its history, in addition to the difficulty of securing fodder materials.
Livestock breeders revealed to the SANA reporter that the "Qasd militia" had stolen their allocations from the fodder regulations that were distributed periodically for various types of livestock, where among the sheep breeders, Atef from the eastern countryside of Hasaka, that this militia was not satisfied with all that it stole from the governorate's goods, but rather continued its crimes by stealing The fodder rationing of livestock, which is the main pillar of the governorate's economy, in addition to agriculture.
Atef, who owns about 100 heads of sheep and goats, indicated that he used to get his allowances of bran and fodder barley periodically through the fodder cycles that were opened throughout the year, which provided these materials at subsidized prices and were much cheaper than what was sold in the market based on government support. For educators.
As for the breeder Awad Al-Ali from the countryside of Tal Barak district, he explained that with the fodder distribution centers ceasing to operate as a result of the militia’s takeover, the reality of livestock breeding will continue to decline because of the inability of breeders to purchase feed materials from the market, whose prices have risen greatly due to the lack of pastures and the exploitation of some traders, the breeders ’need for this Materials.
While the breeder Khader Al-Abdullah from the countryside of Qamishli indicated that many breeders are compelled to sell part of his holdings of livestock to secure the financial resource to buy fodder from the markets as a result of the practices of “Qasd” and the fodder stolen and in the event that the breeders continue to need the feed material, they will have to continue selling their holdings to remain the sole beneficiary From the current situation it is the "Qasd militia" and the merchants who deal with it, who took advantage of the increased supply of livestock in the market to buy them at a low price, smuggle them and sell them to neighboring countries at high prices and deprive local breeders of them.
For his part, the director of the Forage Foundation Branch, Brchink Khidr indicated that the reality of livestock breeding in the governorate was negatively affected by the militia’s takeover of the fodder distribution centers in the cities and regions of Al-Hasakah, Qamishli, Amouda and Al-Qahtaniyah, which used to provide breeders with the subsidized feed material periodically and through the successive fodder cycles that were opened on Throughout the year.
Khader pointed out that the militia’s takeover of these centers deprived the breeders of an estimated amount of fodder estimated at 13,503 tons of bran and 1,800 tons of fodder barley, which were designated for distribution to the breeders within the current fodder cycle.