Organic agriculture for Iraq: a SWOT analysis exercise

• Autores: Fabio Maria Santucci, Patrizia Pugliese, Sadek Abbas, Marie Reine Bteich
• Localización: New medit: Mediterranean journal of economics, agriculture and environment = Revue méditerranéenne d'economie, agriculture et environment, ISSN 1594-5685, Vol. 11, Nº. Extra 4 (Suplemento), 2012 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Special issue on Organic farming: a sustainable model for transition in the Mediterranean), págs. 73-75
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The reconstruction of the Iraqi agro-food sector has happened with the post conflict decisions largely taken by the Provisional Government, without much involvement of local stake-holders. As a matter of fact, even the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) was largely understaffed and many experienced people had left the country. Presently, Iraqi institutions are becoming stronger and it is possible to imagine a more participatory approach to policy design. Organic agriculture, for several reasons, is one of the likely options, but it needs to be framed within a comprehensive agricultural policy. For this purpose, a SWOT analysis has been conducted with a group of Iraqi MoA officers attending a training program in Italy. Organic agriculture is confirmed as an option for development, but there is a long list of threats which might affect the whole Iraqi agriculture.