Quarterly Report: USAID-Inma Agribusiness Program, July-September 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. 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 13th Quarter (July-Sept 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. This quarter has been the beginning of a transition plan that incorporates a vision of sustainable agriculture production for Iraq accompanied with a strategy and new implementation plan to meet cultural, environmental and technical challenges.