This action is part of the EU commitment to support Iraq in recovering from the tragic devastation caused by the recent conflict with IS.

By reviving agriculture in Nineveh, a region which was known as the country's ‘breadbasket'’ before recent widespread damage and displacement, the project will support farmers (around 60,000 beneficiaries), as well as hundreds of government and non-governmental decision makers, service providers, facilitators/workers and unemployed labourers in the Governorate of Nineveh.

The main interventions support vulnerable smallholder crop and livestock farmers with:

• Vegetable production and marketing systems.
• Small-scale agri-food processing, marketing and micro-enterprise systems (and improved small-scale dairy processing and marketing systems).
• Efficient irrigation water use and management measures and technology.
• Increased availability of quality cereal and legume seeds.
• Improved small-scale animal fodder production, conservation and marketing systems.

The expected outcomes will contribute to the restoration of rural and peri-urban livelihoods in the Nineveh Governorate, through the revitalisation of food production, value chains and income generation in the governorate.

EU Contribution

EUR 15 million

Start-end

2019-2022

Location

Nineveh 

Beneficiaries

Returnees and the local population in Nineveh.

Implementing partner

FAO

Funding Instrument

Development and Cooperation Instrument

Useful links:

UN Iraq

FAO

UN Iraq