The document provides information on Iraq's activities related to the Global Soil Partnership pillars. Key activities include: 1) Developing a soil classification map of Iraq according to the World Reference Base and contributing to the soil atlas of Asia. 2) Conducting training courses for farmers on sustainable soil management practices and celebrating World Soil Day. 3) Finalizing national salt-affected soil maps and participating in the International Network on Salt-Affected Soils. 4) Establishing a national soil laboratory network and participating in the Global Soil Laboratory Network.

1. Country presentation
IRAQ
Iman Sahib Salman
P.H.D in soil sciences
Ministry of Agriculture/ IRAQ

2. Main activities implemented in the country
under Pillar 1
Protocol for the assessment of sustainable soil management
• Developed by GSP and it’s ITPS at the 8th session of the
GSP plenary Assembly in June 2020
Voluntary Guidelines for sustainable soil management
VGSSM….
TCP project….

4. Iraq Consider also N and K as
indicators.
Y Included in the document
Condier preventing or avoiding soil
pollution in the ecosystem services
list from the definition.
Y We do want to include pollution
somehow as many partners
want to include them.
On ecosystem services as well: It
important to add some item about
regulating services for adding
fertilizers because this issue
involved climate smart agriculture,
soil pollution as well as control
emission of gases.
Y The final proposal is to evaluate
the pollution risk in the
preliminary analysis of the
context, and include soil
pollution as an additional
indicator.
It is important that all the samples
from the top soil (30cm) as
mentioed is 1 SOC.
A This needs a longer explanation
and will be included in the
annex, in the sampling design
methodology
It should illustrated the position of
soil sample either from the soil
surface or within the soil depth
because the compaction may
occurred in sub surface soil such
as hard pan layer
A This needs a longer explanation
and will be included in the
annex, in the sampling design
methodology

5. Attend the 8th GSP plenary Assembly 3-5 June 2020
virtually using Zoom platform

6. • Attend an International scientific seminar of the world day of
desertification organized by the center of Desert studies in the
university if Anbar in cooperation with ASCAD, many
universities in Iraq and Egypt and ministry of Agriculture in
Tunisia.
This seminar focused on sustainable management methods and
neutralizing land degradation.

7. Main activities implemented in the country
under Pillar 2
Soil doctor ……
National working group for GSP :
coordination with the directorate of Agricultural Extension
and Training which its aims:-
- Build farmers knowledge abilities through Extension
activities and training courses .
- Capacity building of the workers in Agricultural in the
governorates.
- Transfer new Agricultural technologies through cooperation
with Universities and Research Centers.

8. Provides information by:
• Website and Social media.
• TV & radio programs.
• Radio programs
• Publications.
• Extensional articles.

9. The training courses & Field days :-
- The importance of soil and water test before
planting.
- Integrated management of irrigation and
fertilization.

10. -The role of laser leveling
-Zero-tillage and its role in conserving the soil resource.

11. - The use of salt- tolerant crops and forages and it’s effect on
neutralizing land degradation.
- The importance of modern mechanization in agriculture and
modern irrigation systems.
- framers field school of protected Agriculture (Green
houses).

12. What will your country do on the World Soil Day?
Celebration WSD
2015 2019

13. Evaluation of the 8th nominees for the Glinka
world soil day & Evaluation form for soil world
day

14. May be
National meeting
Awareness of soil
biodiversity distribution
of flyers through
communication sites
between ministries and
institutions
On 2020

15. Main activities implemented in the country
under Pillar 3
2- Attended the 6th INSII workshop which hold
from 7 to 9 October, from 12pm to 3pm
(Rome, Cest – GMT+1) on the Zoom video
conferencing platform
1- virtual workshop about soil Atlas of Asia
through WRB and Soil Toxonomy
Classification which hold from 25 to 26 June

16. 3-Editorial Board of the soil Atlas for Asia
Soil Classification map of IRAQ according (WRB)
Finalise and delivered Iraqi Soil classification map according to World
Reference Base (WRB) as a part of Soil Atlas of ASIA activities with
following GIS requirements:
1. Shapefile file format.
- Defined Coordinate system.
- Correct geometry using FAO
country border.
2. Attributes with following columns:
- WRB_Soil_Name
- Qualifier_1
- Qualifier_2
3. Correct naming in the attributes.

17. 5-will be contributing 4th editorial Board meeting of the
soil Atlas of Asia which will take place from 24 to 27
Nov. 2020.
4- attend the 3rd Editorial Board meeting of the soil
Atlas of Asia which held between 7-10 July/2020.

18. Main activities implemented in the country
under Pillar 4
International network on salt-affected soils
Some review
The INSAS network was launched during the Global forum on innovations for marginal
environments (GFIME) in Dubai,
21 November 2019
IRAQ

19. Salinity Working Group activity between the 11th and the
12th ITPS sessions , revision of :
the concept note of the International Network on Salt-Affected
Soils (INSAS)
the concept note of the Global symposium on salt-affected soils
(GSAS20)
the key messages of GSAS20
the Technical manual on mapping of salt-affected soils
Virtual meeting of Salinity WG (March 18, 2020) to discuss and
finalise the documents for the Global symposium on salt-affected
soils

20. About INSAS
INSAS is established under the aegis of the Global Soil Partnership
with the aim to facilitate the sustainable and productive use of
salt-affected soils for current and future
MISSION OF INSAS
support and facilitate joint efforts towards the sustainable
management of salt-affected soils for Food Security , Agricultural
Sustainability and Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

21. International Salinity Webinar:
Resilient Agriculture in Saline Environments under
Changing Climate
3 November 2020
10:30h – 12:40h (GMT+5:30)
Platform: Zoom
GSP

22. The international Network of Salt-Affected soils
(INSAS)
• Support and facilitate Joint effort
effort towards the sustainable management of
salt –affected soils for
Climate change
adaption and
mitigation
Agricultural
sustainability
Food security

23. Objectives of the INSAS
provide a platform for countries with salt-affected soils to discuss common
issues related to the conservation and sustainable management of salt-
affected soils.
Foster collaboration among these countries towards promoting the
sustainable use and management of salt-affected soils and identify relevant
research gaps.
Serve as a platform for knowledge sharing and technical cooperation on
salt-affected soils management.
- Join INSAS on 31st August.
nominated a focal point Dr. Waleed M. Al-Shafie some
person developed national SS Map

24. National soil salinity map
• Participated in the Global Soil Salinity Map
(GSSmap) training (28 November to 3 December
2019) which hold in Tunis, Tunisia.

25. 2. Finalise and delivered the National (Iraq) salt affected maps with following
metadata:
•National EC and Uncertainty Maps (0-30, 30-100 cm)
•National pH and Uncertainty Maps (0-30, 30-100 cm)
•National ESP and Uncertainty Maps (0-30, 30-100 cm)
•National Salt-affected Soil Map and Uncertainty Maps (0-30, 30-100 cm)

26. Under publishing: Black Soils – Classifications,
Uses and Challenges in calibration with national
member of ITPS

27. Main activities implemented in the country under Pillar 5
Questionnaires Related to laboratories :-
National activities monitoring for Iraqi lab content General information. This report submitted on 28-2-
2020
 information on the procedure we are using for implementing the methods of soil analysis. For the methods
we are already used for measuring total nitrogen by using the Kjedhal or Dumas methods, measuring
phosphorous by using the Olsen-P method, measuring electrical conductivity EC in water (ratio 1:5),
measuring electrical conductivity EC using the saturated paste extraction method, measuring pH in water or
KCl or CaCl2, measuring organic carbon by using the Tyurin method. This report submitted in 15/3/2020.
value of the Global Soil Partnership submitted in 13-3-2020.
 NENA Soil Laboratory Network (NENALAB) of the harmonized SOPs on available P by Mehlich
III, mineral N by colorimetric method and extractable NO3 & NH4 by distillation methods which performed
on our labs. The answers with correction and notes were submitted on 15/4/2020.
Health and safety laboratories.
Upon the participation in the GLOSOLAN PT 2019. GLOSOLAN carefully analyzed the PT results we were
already submitted the data and GLOSOLAN team ask to give an assessment of the process and lab analysis
performed as well as how to help our laboratory in terms of training. The answer were submitted in
15/4/2020.

28. Virtual meeting
Meeting (KOM) for the IEEE P4005 Soil Spectral Measurement Protocol Group which
had been take place on Wednesday 6 May 2020, 08:30-10:15 at the EGU venue Vienna in
room 2.17.
 8th Global Soil Partnership Plenary Assembly. The session had been held virtually from
3rd to 5th June 2020 (12:00-14:30 PM CEST) using the Zoom platform.
 "Webinar on the implementation of the International Code of Conduct for the
Sustainable Use and Management of Fertilizers" that was held in May 19, 2020 02:00 PM
Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna.
 standard protocol and scheme for measuring soil spectroscopy first meeting that was
held in 4/6/2020.

29.  2nd of "Standard Protocol and Scheme for Measuring Soil Spectroscopy
Working Group" that was held in 21st of July 2020 (15:00 – 16:30CEST).
 GLOSOLAN a plenary meeting on spectroscopy to present, discuss and
improve its work plan on the topic. 24-25/9/2020.
 3rd meeting of Standard Protocol and Scheme for Measuring Soil Spectroscopy
Working Group IEEE P4005 Working Group Meeting #3 8 th of October 2020 /
15:00 – 16:30 (CEST).
 4th GLOSOLAN meeting that was take place from 11 to 13 November 2020
from 11AM to 1:30PM CEST.

30. Establishment of Iraq soil laboratory network including 17 soil lab in different
ministers and universities as bellow:

31. Another activities
1- Review the global assessment of soil pollution as reviewer in Editorial
Board for the FAO/UNEP/WHO Flobal Assessment soil pollution report
through 8 chapters:
Chapter 1: Setting the scene
Chapter 2: Main soil contaminants and their fate in the soil environment
Chapter 3: Sources of soil pollution
Chapter 4: Environmental, health and economic costs of soil pollution
Chapter 5: Global trends of soil pollution
Chapter 6: Regional status of soil pollution
Chapter 7: Actions to tackle soil pollution
Chapter 8: The path ahead

32. 2- attend many virtual meeting and its relation to the pillars:-

34. Thanks for
your attention