• Iraq, like many nations, is proud of its potatoes. Last autumn, Kurdish farmers dumped part of their crop on the doorstep of the regional government in Erbil as a protest against imported spuds. This year, farmers in the Bardarash district, near Duhok, a city of about 340,000 people in northern Iraq, are back in their fields. AFP
    Iraq, like many nations, is proud of its potatoes. Last autumn, Kurdish farmers dumped part of their crop on the doorstep of the regional government in Erbil as a protest against imported spuds. This year, farmers in the Bardarash district, near Duhok, a city of about 340,000 people in northern Iraq, are back in their fields. AFP
  • Kurdish farmers and potato pickers get busy with the harvest in Bardarash district, near the city of Duhok in northern Iraq. AFP
    Kurdish farmers and potato pickers get busy with the harvest in Bardarash district, near the city of Duhok in northern Iraq. AFP
  • Harvested potatoes are bagged and ready to ship from a farm in Bardarash district, near the Kurdish city of Duhok in northern Iraq. AFP
    Harvested potatoes are bagged and ready to ship from a farm in Bardarash district, near the Kurdish city of Duhok in northern Iraq. AFP
  • Harvesting potatoes in Bardarash district, near the Kurdish city of Duhok, is heavy manual labour. AFP
    Harvesting potatoes in Bardarash district, near the Kurdish city of Duhok, is heavy manual labour. AFP
  • Farmers sort potatoes before bagging during harvest in Bardarash district, near the Kurdish city of Duhok in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region. AFP
    Farmers sort potatoes before bagging during harvest in Bardarash district, near the Kurdish city of Duhok in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region. AFP
  • Farmers and pickers lift, sort and bag potatoes during the harvest in Bardarash district, near the Kurdish city of Duhok in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region. AFP
    Farmers and pickers lift, sort and bag potatoes during the harvest in Bardarash district, near the Kurdish city of Duhok in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region. AFP
  • Once the machinery breaks the ground, pickers move in and begin harvesting potatoes in fields around Bardarash district, near the Kurdish city of Duhok, in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region. AFP
    Once the machinery breaks the ground, pickers move in and begin harvesting potatoes in fields around Bardarash district, near the Kurdish city of Duhok, in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region. AFP
  • A farmer sorts out harvested potatoes at a field in Bardarash district, near the city of Duhok, in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region. AFP
    A farmer sorts out harvested potatoes at a field in Bardarash district, near the city of Duhok, in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region. AFP

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Potato farmers harvest at sunset in Kurdish region of Iraq - in pictures

The heavy manual labour is carried out in the Bardarash district, near Duhok

The National

June 10, 2021

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