Quarterly Report: USAID-Inma Agribusiness Program, January-March 2010

The USAID-Inma Agribusiness Program focuses on developing Iraq’s private agribusinesses by facilitating the formation of fully-integrated value chains and improving agricultural quality and production. USAID-Inma, the Arabic word for ‘growth’, connects farmers to markets, increases the competitiveness of Iraqi agribusinesses, and facilitates domestic and foreign agricultural partnerships.

This report covers the 11th Quarter (Jan-Mar 2010) of the USAID-funded USAID-Inma Agribusiness Program in Iraq. It provides an update on the planned activities in the Annual Work Plan and on the outputs in the Performance Monitoring Plan. During this quarter, new industries mobilized Iraqi investment, greater production for domestic fresh market occurred and Iraqi agriculture moved towards market-based production.