1. Improved livelihoods of small farmers in Iraq through IPM and OF Presented by Nasri Haddad RC, WARP IFAD/ICARDA Knowledge Exchange Workshop, 26-29 October 2009

2. Production Systems Constraints 1- Pests Infestation and their threats Date palm based production system (Middle and South of Iraq) Yield and quality reduced. Due to insect infestation: date moth, Dubas, stem borers, and Ghobar mite .

3. Wheat-Food legumes based system (In northern Iraq) Wheat rust diseases cause serious yield reduction. Sunn Pest causing serious wheat yield and quality losses Sunn pest, Eurygaster integriceps,

4. Chickpea aschochyta blight is devastating disease Resulted n complete crop failure

10. Demonstrate on-farm inter-row cultivation for weed control in chickpea and lentil to eliminate herbicide use Test inoculation with effective Rhizobium strains for legume incorporation into wheat-based production systems Demonstrate optimal organic fertilization options (compost, green and animal manure, by-product of oil industry, commercial bio-fertilizers etc.)

13. Project Progress in Last Six Months Preparation for project implementation Project inception workshop and Steering Committee was held at ICARDA 25-27 January 2009. National inception workshop was organized at the Ministry of Agriculture in Baghdad Three local inception workshops were also organized, one at each of the three project sites

14. Al Qoush Saqlawiya AboGraib Madaain Diwaniya Diwaniya N Selection of Project Sites

15. Review of available information on Date Palm pests and IPM options Field survey of major chickpea diseases: ascochyta blight and wilt Assessment of the status of Sunn Pest on wheat in Iraq.

16. In-country training course was conducted in Iraq on wheat rust survey methods. In ICARDA two training-the-trainers courses were conducted in July 2009; one on farmer field schools and the second on survey techniques and economics . A training course on composting will be conducted in Iraq on November.

17. Thank You

18. The overall goal The improved livelihoods and empowerment of small farmers through the promotion of sustainable agricultural production systems in Iraq. The immediate purpose Increase productivity of date palm and cereal-food legume based production systems through adoption by farmers of improved technology packages based on IPM and OF.