The best ones would be employed in agricultural projects.
"11,000 graduates of agriculture department from across the Kurdistan region will begin their training courses, and successful graduates will be employed as agricultural project supervisors, Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources Spokesperson Hiwa Ali told KurdSat English.
Training has begun in several cities, and this week will begin in several other provinces and autonomous administrations to conduct training for the 11,000 graduates of universities and colleges that have filled out forms and are to be employed in the private sector to oversee their agricultural projects.
On June 28, 2022, the Ministry of Agriculture opened application forms for graduates of agricultural and veterinary colleges in the Kurdistan Region, and over 11,000 people filled out the form.
According to Ali, over 5,000 people will be employed in the agricultural sector of the Kurdistan region.
The region has large swathes of fertile farmland that could help the region diversify its economy and lessen its dependence on volatile revenues from hydrocarbon reserves.