Strengthening climate Resilience of Vulnerable Agriculture Livelihoods in Iraq (SRVALI)

About this project

Iraq, a predominately water stressed nation with little water resources of its own, faces political, economic, environmental and security challenges [GoN, 2018; USAID 2017]. Reportedly, Iraq is among the most vulnerable countries (ND-GAIN rank: 126/181) and it is the 28th less ready to adapt country . The country has both a great need for investment and innovations to reduce adaptation deficit and a great urgency for action. This is particularly evident in the farming areas of central and southern Iraq where increased temperatures, recurrent droughts and reduced water availability from the Tigris and Euphrates are severely affecting both rainfed (wealth and barley) and irrigated crops (corn and rice). A concreate example is the recent ban on rice and corn production issues by Iraq’s authorities to cope with a recent drought (2018) to prevent social unrest due to conflictual use of water (domestic vs. agriculture). The smallholders’ community - especially women – is the most exposed and vulnerable. Outdated irrigation infrastructures, energy shortage, the lack of skills of both farmers and extension officers and the inclopleate policy and strategic framework are the main bottlenecks to climate change adaptation in Iraq and in particular in the farming communities of the central and southern plains. In a business as usual scenario, the farming communities of these areas will soon not be able to secure their livelihood from agriculture. Given that agriculture in target areas em…

Published by

Green Climate Fund · Multilateral

Countries

Iraq

Sectors

Energy generation, renewable sources - multiple technologiesSocial ProtectionDisaster Risk ReductionMultisector aid for basic social services

Focus

Climate adaptation · Main focusClimate mitigation · Main focus

Funded by

Green Climate Fund

Implemented by

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Published by Green Climate Fund to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 1 Jul 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-DAC-41317-FP249.

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