Sustainable Agricultural Development in Iraq - Reality and Challenges

Abstract

Most of the developed and developing countries seek to achieve sustainable development, which contributes to meeting food needs and providing decent work opportunities for present and future generations, which preserves production capacity and renews the natural resource base. Therefore, sustainable agricultural development is of importance to the sector in which it work in it. because it is the main resource of capital accumulation and the main resource to supply national industries with raw materials, especially manufacturing industries, from here the focus of efforts in this sector and development has become imperative, and in Iraq There was an urgent need for the role of the State in the development and development of this vital sector commensurate with its economic importance for the individual and the process of economic development.

This research aims at identifying some indicators of sustainable agricultural development in Iraq, and determine the most important challenges it faces so that we can make a number of suggestions that contribute to treatment these challenges.