The document summarizes the achievements of the Harmonized Support for Agricultural Development in Iraq (HSAD) program. Key achievements include: - Producing over 17,400 metric tons of certified wheat seed, providing seeds for over 100,000 hectares of land. - Training over 1,420 participants, including government officials and farmers, on topics like integrated pest management, conservation agriculture, seed production, and agricultural extension services. - Strengthening value chains for wheat and dates through activities such as introducing new varieties, implementing integrated pest management for date palms, upgrading seed infrastructure, and supporting tissue culture laboratories. - Developing policies and tools to support the agriculture sector through a seed law, value chain

1. Harmonized Support for Agricultural
Development in Iraq (HSAD)
FINAL STAKEHOLDERS MEETING
BAGHDAD, JUNE 10-11, 2014

2. HSAD Objectives
 To assist the Ministry of Agriculture identify and address
constraints to the greater competitiveness of selected
agricultural/agribusiness value chains
 To generate higher incomes for smallholder farmers and
increase profitability of agribusinesses
 To strengthen and modernize Iraq’s Agricultural Extension
Service
 To promote sustainable management of natural resources
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3. Activities
Regions Activities
Central and Southern Iraq Strengthening date palm commodity value chain
• Integrated Pest Management on date palm
• Date palm tissue culture
Iraqi Kurdistan Region Promoting sustainable management of natural
resources and increasing land and water
productivity:
• Conservation Agriculture
• Water harvesting
National level • Improving wheat seed varieties
• Upgrading seed infrastructure – equipment
and expertise
• Policy activities – seeds, wheat and date palm
• Extension capacity building
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4. HSAD
achievements
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 17,400 MT of certified
(commercial) seed produced
(more than 100,000 ha will be
served next season)
 3,147 MT wheat seed processed
and upgraded using mobile seed
cleaners
 Variety evaluation trials on 270 durum and
bread wheat genotypes provided by
ICARDA and on 216 genotypes provided by
the National Agricultural Research System
 Demonstration of new wheat varieties to
farmers in 12 different locations
What has been achieved
Production of Improved Wheat Seeds

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 97 officials and 315 farmers
trained on the operations of
Mobile Seed Processing Units
 Staff trained and 11 seed processing plants
evaluated
 Improved capacity of 316
MoA1 and MoAWR2 staff on
Seed Production and
Certification and processing
 Purchase of seed lab equipment (5 sets) to
strengthen quality seed capacity of the MoAWR
 Purchase of 4 plot seeders to strengthen the
variety development and breeder seed production
programs
1 Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture
2 Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region
Upgrading National Seed Infrastructure
Greater national capacity for reliable access for farmers to
quality seeds
What has been achieved

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 Demonstrated control of Dubas bug and
Lesser date moth in four locations (Basra,
Karbala, Anbar, Meysan, Babel, Baghdad)
 Trained 277 between staff and farmers on
IPM for date palm and 35 extension
agents on the production & use of
organic fertilizers for crop and
environment management
 Tested/validated solar light traps as most
economical and effective control for date
palm borers
 Purchased 30 solar light traps for farmers
 321 farmers over 504 ha directly
benefitted from and accepted the IPM
technology
 16 MoA staff sent to India to be trained
on bio-fertilizers and bio-pesticides in
agriculture, mass rearing for IPM and bio-
organic fertilization in agriculture
 Production of an IPM manual
Strengthening Date Palm Value Chain:
Integrated Pest Management
What has been achieved

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 Survey and rehabilitation of the tissue
culture facility in Basra
 Trained Baghdad and Basra lab staff on
micro-propagation protocol for date palm
as per international standards
 Help set up links between the public
labs and the private sector
 Follow-up and guidance on increasing
production efficiency and trouble shooting
Strengthening Date Palm Value Chain:
Tissue Culture
Stronger date palm value chain
What has been achieved

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 Four conventional seeders
converted to ZT seeders, tested and
delivered; Six ZT seeders purchased
 23 MoAWR staff trained on CA principles
and applications;
 22 farmers trained on CA via on-
farm demonstrations
 Machinery survey carried out in the IKR
with analysis and recommendations for the
future development of CA activities
 Complete assessment of two sites
for water harvesting hill lakes and
tender documents delivered
 30 trainees trained on rainwater
management in Erbil
Conservation Agriculture and Water Harvesting
What has been achieved

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 Assistance to the MoA in finalizing the
Seed Law Implementing Regulations
 Delivered study on the Iraqi wheat seed
policy
 Baseline surveys - data collection and
analysis on wheat and date palm value
chains
 Developed the Iraq Spatial, a geo-
spatial “one-stop” resource to inform
policies on food security and nutrition
 Developed the Iraq Social Accounting Matrix
Enabling Institutional and Policy Reforms
What has been achieved

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 1,420 participants (20% women)
trained in Ag-Extension
 Info tech (ICT) training and development of
the new Ag-Extension website
 19 Ag-extension agents trained on
Video Production & Script Writing
 Introduced a strategy to coordinate Ag-
Extension and Research
Strengthening Agriculture Extension Services
Making a long-lasting difference in Extension
What has been achieved

12. What has been achieved
Training activities and Workshops

13. National & Regional Support for HSAD
 Both ministries mobilized the relevant departments to work in the
different activities of HSAD
HSAD received full support from both the MoA & MoAWR (IKR) since
inception
From the Iraqi Government

14. THANK YOU