The document outlines ongoing activities by the FAO in Iraq to increase resilience of livelihoods and safeguard against risks and crises. Key activities include developing a national framework for drought risk management, supporting agriculture and livelihoods for vulnerable households, coordinating food security, and applying risk reduction measures such as controlling transboundary animal diseases and developing smallholder value chains. The FAO also prepares for and responds to crises through emergency assistance and safeguarding livestock.

1. FAO Iraq
Ongoing activities contributing to the
Resilience Regional Initiative
Iraq
07 Feb. 2015 - FZ

2. Increase resilience of
livelihoods to shocks in
IRAQ
GOVERN RISKS AND CRISES
Development of National Framework for Integrated Drought Risk Management (DRM) in Iraq;
Development of National Agricultural Plan (NAP-2013-2017);
Creation and capacity development of of the Policy and Strategy Support Unit at the MoA (PSSU);
Technical support to formulate policies to face the conflict consequences in agriculture, PoA
2015-2019.
WATCH TO SAFEGUARD
• Early warning system to face the TADs
threat (EMPRES)
• GIEWS (weather surveillance, food
price index...)
• Different Need Assessments in Iraq
APPLY RISK AND VULNERABILITY REDUCTION MEASURES
- National control of TADs in Northern Iraq
- Smallholder value chain development in Kurdistan region.
- Socio-economic empowerment of Rural women in Kurdistan
Region
- Management of pest and plant diseases.
- Support Resilience of Syrian Refugees Embedded in Host
Communities with Food Security, Health, and Agricultural
Livelihoods Assistance
PREPARE AND RESPOND TO CRISES
• Livelihood emergency help for
vulnerable farm families hosting IDP’s
& Syrian refugees
• Support to conflict affected rural
households by safeguarding animal
survival, health and production

3. 1. Support agriculture and livelihood to vulnerable rural households with (i) winter cereal crop
production; (ii) backyard poultry production; (iii) vegetable production; (iv) backyard
agriculture; (v) to small-scale livestock herders; (vi) co-coordination of the Food and
Agriculture Sector. (KSA and CERF).
2. Food Security Coordination Programme (KSA)
3. FSIS (TCP)
Contribution to the Regional Resilience
Initiative through additional strategic objectives
1. Application of fish farming techniques, provision of fingerlings and ongoing support through
research programs (UTFs)
2. Assistance on renovation / replacement of infrastructure and irrigation equipment
(Mesopotamia Project - GCP)
Development sustainable management practices to enabling rural communities livelihood
improvement including small holders (it is also part of the Small Scale Agriculture.
3. Improve women participation in the rural economic structure. Enhancing productivity of
small scale women (UTF).
4. Alternative crop production: Quinoa (TCP)
1. Policy advice and technical support on strengthening the effective institutional
arrangements for inclusive and equitable rural development Shat Alarab Project (TCP).
2. Drought Risk Management Programme
1. Socio-economic Empowerment of Rural Women (UTF)
2. Support small ruminant herders to boost production in Mosul (UTF)
3. Income generation programme for IDPs and vulnerable affected rural communities (KSA)