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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureArab Forum For Rural Advisory Services (AFRAS)
Country brief - United Arab Emirates
2025Also available in:
No results found.The Arab Forum for Rural Advisory Services (AFRAS) strengthens inclusive, climate-smart advisory systems across the Arab region by linking public, private, and civil-society providers. In the United Arab Emirates, agriculture operates under arid conditions and scarce water with limited arable land (~5.5 percent), yet remains strategic for food security and diversification. The sector contributes ~0.7 percent of GDP (2023) and ~1 percent of employment, guided by the National Food Security Strategy 2051 to scale tech-enabled, sustainable production and nutrition. Dates are the flagship crop and leading agri-export, with ~24,000 farmers. Public support is led by MOCCAE (input subsidies, 21 extension officers, training, 2025 National Agricultural Guidance Forum) and Abu Dhabi entities (ADFSC, ADAFSA). Digitalization is rapid: online extension requests, the Abu Dhabi Agricultural Genome Program, EDB AgriTech finance, and market/traceability platforms (Al Foah, eZad, Food Watch), complemented by cooperatives and agritourism. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureArab Forum For Rural Advisory Services (AFRAS)
Country brief - Iraq
2025Also available in:
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
2025Also available in:
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.
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