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Rehabilitation of the Date Palm Sector in Iraq

Project Title:	Rehabilitation of the Date Palm Sector in Iraq
Location:	Mid and southern governorates of Iraq.
Project Reference Number:	A5-19
Implementing Agency:	UNIDO
Collaborating Agency:	FAO
Start date:	14/02/2007
End date:	14/10/2008
Value:	8,011,117
Counterpart Line Ministries:	MOA

Key Objectives

1. Rehabilitation and modernization of the date production system.

2. Introducing an integrated Pest Management (IPM) aiming at controlling the main date palm pests and diseases on respect of the local eco-systems.

3. Improving the date value chain from harvest to market in order to meet the local demand and international requirements thus enhancing the access to markets and resulting in higher farm income.

4. Strengthening the capacities and capabilities of support institutions to become date palm research and training centre focusing on post harvest activities.

Major Project Outputs

1. Assessments made and site selected

2. Date Palm tissue culture laboratory set up

3. Modern date plantations established

4. IPM Programme identified and developed

5. Training material (brochures, leaflets etc.) developed for local trainees and trainers

6. IPM Training programme suitable for Iraqi conditions designed

7. TOT for IPM/FFS potential facilitators

8. Pilot IPM/FFS Programme to disseminate IPM tactics to farmers designed

9. Capability of entrepreneurs and staff in the date processing sector enhanced

10. Selected date storage packaging and processing facilities improved and enabled to act as models for the specific region

11. Products of selected pilot enterprises meet international requirements

12. New forms of cooperation along the value chain started

13. Preparation of the establishment of a date marketing organization

14. DPRTC upgraded and equipped according to the new tasks

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Dejene Tezera

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