13 June 2018, FAO Headquarters, Rome Presenter: Iman Sahib Salman Al-Hammood

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

2. Country overview

3. Priorities on soil:
Salinity:
Country overview

4. Country overview

5. Country overview

6. Lack of water revenues Environment
Scarcity of water
Country overview

7. Soil degradation
DI
Country overview

8. Under Pillar 1
World soil charter survey
http://fao.msgfocus.com/c/1cfJEi4VLgcgMeBnvGM5tqcc
Country overview

9. Under Pillar 2
Celebrating World Soil Day
2015 2016 2017
Country overview

10. Under Pillar 3
Iraqi Soil expert/ITPS
Contributing
with some
information
about our
country in the
soil Atlas for
Asia
March 2018
Country overview

11. Under Pillar 4
Soil organic Carbon (SOC) map
Training in Netherlands
(ISRIC)
Country overview

12. Soil map units for Iraq
Country overview

13. Country
Laboratory official name
Laboratory short name or acronym
Laboratory full address
Head of the Laboratory: NAME and SURNAME
Head of the Laboratory: POSITION
Head of the Laboratory: EMAIL
Contact person: NAME and SURNAME
Contact person: POSITION
Contact person: EMAIL
Under Pillar 5
Established of regional soil laboratory Network (RESOLAN)
-Completed survey fro three soil laboratory
http://fao.msgfocus.com/c/1cfJEi4VLgcgMeBnvGM5tqcc
- Nominated national reference soil laboratories and provided information about
it as below to represented our country in NENA region RESOLAN and GLOSOLAN
Country
Laboratory official name
Laboratory short name or acronym
Laboratory full address
Head of the Laboratory: NAME and SURNAME
Head of the Laboratory: POSITION
Head of the Laboratory: EMAIL
Contact person: NAME and SURNAME
Contact person: POSITION
Contact person: EMAIL
Country overview

14. Other activities
7/3/2018 14
Country overview

16. 7/3/2018 16
Project of modern irrigation technologies
Covering 750ha through 6-8 years
Saving 3.6 billion m3
Irrigation new
lands
Agriculture
density
Leaching for reclamation of saline
soil in central & south Iraq
Country overview

17. 7/3/2018 17
Expansion of drip irrigation in plastic houses for vegetables
• reduce :
- quantity of irrigation water use efficiency.
- labor.
• Simplifying adding fertilizes fertigation .
• maintenance suitable moisture in Rhizospher .
Country overview

18. purpose: Efficient irrigation water management
by WUA in the pilot area.
Main activities: trainings & extensions
Targeted: 15 governorates for 3 phases
Project for spreading water uses Associations (WUA) with JICA
Country overview

19. Iraqi Agrometrology network
A network of automatic weather stations installed and operated
in various agricultural area in Iraq for the purpose of measuring
the various weather elements.
Country overview

20. Main obstacles to the implementation of activities on soil in your
country
Low Productivity Of
Agricultural Land
Water scarcity &Salinity
Desertification

21. Deterioration the infrastructure of the agricultural sector and its
supporting sides which present in the following:-
Primitive means of transports, especially in rural areas.
Ineffectiveness of irrigation and drainage networks as a result of
negligence and lack of maintenance that caused the growth of reeds,
papyrus and occurred deposits.
-Serious weakness in the post harvest technology ( frozen,
refrigerated and regular storage, frozen, refrigerated and regular
transports; screening, grading machines and packaging … etc).
-Weakness in the rules of agro_ industrial manufacturing.

22. Quantitative and Qualitative Deterioration of
Agricultural Wealth:-
Decreasing number and production of livestock (cows, buffalo,
sheep. Goats and camels)
Decline the numbers and date palms productivity
Deterioration of fruits orchard
Decreasing the areas of natural and artificial forestry
Security situation

23. Agricultural legislations
Oldness
instructions System Laws

24. Thanks for
your attention