Agriculture, water, food production and rural enterprise across Iraq and the Kurdistan Region.
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The UN notice gives a 13 October registration deadline for the event, which combines company matchmaking with an Iraqi-products exhibition.
How water scarcity, salinity, soil degradation and changing value chains shape agricultural adaptation in Iraq—and what recent investments reveal about productivity, biodiversity and rural livelihoods.
The notice covers existing irrigation pumps in Sulaymaniyah, Babylon, Najaf and Dhi Qar.
An existing allocation is supporting water facilities and rehabilitation, according to the local projects department.
The FAO-implemented initiative combines farm support with dairy aggregation and market access.
The Abu Ghraib facility has upgraded seed storage and solar power under an EU-funded FAO project.
The agriculture director puts grape output at 80,000 tonnes and honey at 300 tonnes.