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Shafaq News
25-05-2025
- Business
- Shafaq News
FAO unveils $40M climate project for Iraq
Shafaq News/ The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will launch a $40 million project to support Iraq in addressing climate change, FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu announced during a visit to Baghdad. The project, jointly funded by FAO, the Iraqi government, and other international partners, is designed to enhance Iraq's ability to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change. The announcement followed a meeting on Sunday between Qu and Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, according to a statement from the prime minister's office. Al-Sudani underscored the need to translate the recommendations from the Baghdad Water Conferences into concrete programs, pointing to mounting environmental challenges, including water scarcity and desertification. He also highlighted the outcomes of the recent Baghdad Conference on Carbon Economies and a series of memoranda signed with international firms aimed at fostering green economic development. In addition, he called for the integration of conclusions from FAO's 36th Regional Conference, held in Baghdad in 2022, into the Baghdad Ministerial Declaration. The declaration, he noted, should serve as a framework for advancing modern agricultural technologies, supporting small-scale enterprises, empowering youth, and increasing women's participation in the sector.
Iraqi News
25-05-2025
- Business
- Iraqi News
Prime Minister: National Food Security Strategy constitutes a reference for joint work with FAO
Baghdad-INA Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani affirmed on Sunday that the National Food Security Strategy constitutes a reference for joint work with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to enhance local production, reduce imports, achieve self-sufficiency in wheat, and support farmers and agricultural workers. The Prime Minister's Media Office said in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA): that "Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani received today, Sunday, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Qu Dongyu." According to the statement, the Prime Minister stressed "the importance of cooperation with the organization to implement the recommendations of the Baghdad Water Conferences to address climate change, which has affected the environment and caused water scarcity and the spread of desertification." He praised "the role of the Director-General and officials of the organization for their efforts in the projects implemented and sponsored by FAO in Iraq." Al-Sudani pointed out that "the National Food Security Strategy constitutes a reference for joint work with the Organization to enhance local production, reduce imports, achieve self-sufficiency in wheat, and support farmers and agriculturalists." The Prime Minister emphasized "the importance of the outcomes of the Carbon Economics Conference held in Baghdad and the memoranda of understanding signed by Iraq with international companies to develop the green economy." He noted "the need to implement the outcomes of the (36) FAO Regional Conference for the Near East, held in Baghdad in 2022, and adopt it in Ministerial Declaration of Baghdad to ensure the transition to modern technological systems, support small enterprises, empower youth, and enhance the role of women." For his part, Dongyu confirmed "continued coordination with Iraq and readiness to launch a project to enhance its ability to confront climate change, funded by several parties, including Iraq and the Organization, with a total budget approaching $40 million."
