FAO will hold a workshop to discuss food security in Iraq
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Iraq said Tuesday it held a workshop earlier this month to discuss food security in Iraq.

"In cooperation with the Regional Network for Food Security Information Analysis, a training workshop on food security for members of the National Committee for Food Security in Iraq was held," the statement said.

"The workshop lasted for three days from 16 to 18 July 2017." The workshop focused on knowledge and promotion of food security concepts, the main approach, field survey tools and indicators to measure food insecurity in Iraq, Theoretical and practical exercises on national early warning systems and their implications for future capacity development needs ".

For his part, said the representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Iraq, Fadel Zoubi, "The Committee is an advanced stage was adopted by the Secretariat of the Council of Ministers in February this year to discuss and recommend action on how best to achieve food security at the national level."

"The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) representative in Iraq is the main partner of the Ministry of Agriculture and we appreciate and appreciate its continued efforts to achieve an integrated food security system in Iraq.

In the future in the field of food security, hoping that this training workshop will lead to a better understanding of the concepts of food security and building the basic skills of the members. "

"With current developments in the city of Mosul and the recognition of the immediate needs of a large number of displaced people in the country, especially as Iraq appears to be close to," said Rene Verduegen, senior technical adviser to the Food Security Information Network (ARFS). The establishment of the National Committee on Food Security is timely, and inter-ministerial cooperation is required to achieve food security at the national level in light of the challenges faced by the country. This also requires the participation of partners in the International level, and the national and semi-national. FAO is pleased to be part of this process, and to work to take concrete steps towards achieving food security and nutrition for all. "

At the conclusion of the workshop, "Participants made recommendations and agreed on a roadmap for further capacity-building, enhanced monitoring of food security and information management, and the formulation of new food security policies, which require financial support."
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