The Iraqi citizen Othman Mahmoud (43 years) became famous in Shahrazor district of Sulaymaniyah governorate in the Kurdistan region of Iraq for inventing new specifications for the famous agricultural tractor "Antar" after he redeveloped and renewed it to be suitable for the harsh environmental conditions of the soil - including the humidity of the land - while plowing it, with the ability to plow Mountainous lands and highlands with a capacity that exceeds the specifications of the old traditional type.
Othman obtained a patent for this innovation from the capital Baghdad, in addition to the patent for Arab inventors in Lebanon and Egypt, and his innovation (tractor) is characterized by very high durability and strength with its ability to travel 50 kilometers per hour, unlike the old, which only travels 25 kilometers in the same time period, in addition to The tractor power is 100 horsepower, an increase of 35 horsepower over the old 65 horsepower, as it seeks to increase it to 135 horsepower.
It is also distinguished by its low cost, which is half the price of the traditional "Antar".
Regarding the origin of the idea, Othman - who spent years of his life among various professions, most notably agriculture, mechanics, and construction, and only holds a primary certificate - says to Al-Jazeera Net that completing the first tractor took about a whole year.
And after he developed himself and his talent, the completion of a single tractor now takes only one week of its time and at a financial cost of $ 8,500, which is much lower than the price of the old type whose price exceeds $ 20,000, with problems in it and the difficulty of providing tools in the Iraqi market. .
One of the advantages of the new tractor bearing the slogan "Who's" (the clan) is that the four wheels in it work in a single, double, triple, and quadruple fashion, and each of them is independent from the other, unlike the traditional type, and this is what made it easy to use in wet agricultural lands, especially in the winter season while it is falling The rains.
Othman took advantage of his talent to open a huge factory after obtaining approvals to increase production and export it to all Iraqi provinces after increasing demand for it from farmers and farmers in the central and southern regions of Iraq in addition to the Kurdistan region, and now cutting the last stages to increase the advantage of the possibility of driving a tractor remotely through a mobile phone without No effort from the farmer.
Othman called on the concerned authorities in the region to support him financially to expand his work and export production to all Arab countries that have an agricultural environment similar to their Iraqi counterpart.