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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureArab Forum For Rural Advisory Services (AFRAS)
Country brief - Iraq
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No results found.The Arab Forum for Rural Advisory Services (AFRAS) strengthens inclusive, climate-smart advisory services across the Arab region. In Iraq, agriculture underpins rural livelihoods yet remains a modest economic contributor: about 22 percent of land is agricultural, the sector provides ~8 percent of jobs and 2.8 percent of GDP, and most farms are smallholders (over 80 percent under 10 ha, often fragmented). Production is dominated by cereals—especially wheat and barley, which cover ~80 percent of cultivated land and feed the Public Distribution System—alongside dates, livestock, inland fisheries, and backyard poultry. The National Security Strategy (2023–2025) elevates agriculture for stability and food security, backs strategic crops with subsidized inputs and price supports, and prioritizes action against desertification. Extension is led by the Directorate of Agricultural Extension and Training, financed partly through research allocations, and delivered via 15 extension centres and 62 extension farms, with targeted programmes on knowledge, economic, commercial, and women/youth empowerment. Modernization efforts include crop-specific national programmes (vegetables, potato, date palm, fruit trees), climate-smart water and soil management, IPM, and waste-to-compost initiatives. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureArab Forum For Rural Advisory Services (AFRAS)
Country brief - Mauritania
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The Arab Forum for Rural Advisory Services (AFRAS) strengthens inclusive, climate-smart advisory services across the Arab region by linking public, private, and civil-society providers. In Mauritania, agriculture is vital for livelihoods and food security despite scarce arable land (about 0.5 percent of national area) and strong exposure to climate variability. Over 62 percent of people depend on rural activities; the sector contributes roughly a quarter of GDP, with production split between rainfed systems and irrigation concentrated along the Senegal River Valley, plus oases in the north. Major outputs include millets, sorghum, maize, rice, vegetables, and dates. Livestock is significant, adding about 10 percent to GDP and employing about 11 percent of the active population, though productivity remains low. Policy frameworks include LOAP 2012, RSDS and PNDA through 2025, and SCAPP 2016–2030, complemented by a National Digital Agriculture Strategy and a forthcoming mechanization strategy. The Ministry of Agriculture leads extension through regional delegations, the National School for Agricultural Training and Extension, SONADER, and CNRADA. Innovation is advancing via new crop varieties, farmer field schools, the SHEP approach, mechanization training, and digital initiatives such as the Farmer Observatory, the Hassad app, and an innovation centre in Kaédi supporting drones, GIS, and smart farming. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureArab Forum For Rural Advisory Services (AFRAS)
Country brief - Jordan
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The Arab Forum for Rural Advisory Services (AFRAS) is a regional platform strengthening rural advisory and extension systems across the Arab region by linking public, private, and civil-society providers to scale inclusive, climate-smart services. This brief highlights a water-scarce agrifood sector in Jordan that, though modest in GDP and employment, remains strategic for livelihoods.
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Policy briefPolicy briefImprove small and medium scale poultry farms with 3-zone biosecurity implementation
Policy brief
2021Also available in:
No results found.The Indonesian poultry industry is a key sector for the national economy, supplying 65% of all animal protein and employing 10% of the national labor force. All over the country, though local production successfully copes with domestic demand, the potential for growth is high, consistent with expectations of rising GDP per capita. The market looks healthy and attractive, which has resulted in this gradual entry of new foreign groups. In past decades, the production process has evolved and modernized. However, bird flu still continues to be an endemic disease which is a barrier to the poultry industry development in Indonesia, especially the opportunities to export poultry products to other countries. Implementation of 3-zone biosecurity in poultry farms is one of the key recommendations from the Government of Indonesia in overcoming bird flu, but this is a need to encourage our commercial poultry farmers to maximally applied properly.