Iraq sees wheat harvest at 2-2.5m tonnes in 2011

Iraq expects its wheat harvest to reach between 2 million to 2.5 million tonnes this year, the agriculture minister said on Tuesday.

"We expect wheat to be above two million tonnes," Izzedine al-Dawla told reporters.

Iraq harvested 1.866 million tonnes of wheat thanks to good rains in the 2009/2010 season.

Iraq is one of the world's largest grain importers, with rice and wheat going to supply a national food ration programme. It consumes around 4.5 million tonnes of wheat a year.