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Wheat production and its impact on food security Nakd Khamis FAO Consultant

Wheat production and its impact on food security Nakd Khamis FAO Consultant. The impact of population growth and climate change on food demand. Iraq's need for wheat during the period 2003-2025. Production of Wheat and Barley under rain-fed and irrigation condition for 2000-2009.

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Wheat production and its impact on food security Nakd Khamis FAO Consultant

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  1. Wheat production and its impact on food security Nakd Khamis FAO Consultant

  2. The impact of population growth and climate change on fooddemand

  3. Iraq's need for wheat during the period 2003-2025

  4. Production of Wheat and Barley under rain-fed and irrigation condition for 2000-2009

  5. Average water flow to Iraq (billion cubic meters) The Euphrates and Euphrates rivers may be depleted by 2040. Source: IAU/MoWR 2010

  6. Water shortage and climate change impact • Late rainfall and moisture deficiencies will have resulted in reduction in plant growth, crop yield and deterioration in rangeland vegetation, • Crop failure in rain-fed areas may affecting HHs highly vulnerable and destitute, • Affected farmers also facing shortage of cereal seeds for the upcoming seasons, • Livestock will be suffering from unavailability of feed due to lack of range land, • Threaten the food security in the whole country, • Facing less casual job opportunities in their affected area, • Males and elders going to be forced to temporally immigrate looking for job opportunities in other areas / across borders, • Social Impact • Economic Impact • Environment Impact

  7. SERIOUS FUTURE CONCERNS • Iraq relies on the Tigris and Euphrates systems for 98 percent of its drinking, irrigation, and sanitation water. Dropping levels in these riverine environments, however, have caused ripple effects across Iraq’s other sectors. • Agriculture consumes most of Iraq's water consumption. It consumed about 92% of total fresh water for food production and irrigation. • GAP project in Turkey has reduced river-flow into Iraq by 80 percent to-date according to government official and with compellation of other dams, it would be further a considerable affect the Iraq’s water resources, especially the Tigris River. • Similar Iranian projects have diverted the course of rivers and streams flowing into Iraq to remain within its territory, depriving Iraq of its water share, causing the drying up of many of these rivers. • Minister of Water Resources in Iraq predicted that the arrival of a severe drought in Iraq, stressing that the countryside will be severely affected, and the inability of areas south of Baghdad and Nasiriyah to get drinking water in the summer.

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