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Organizational Setting
FAO's office for Iraq is responsible for developing, promoting, overseeing and implementing agreed strategies for addressing countrywide food,



agriculture and rural development. It develops and maintains relations with the relevant government entities and Ministries at country level.
At the request of the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), and in line with the FAO-Government of Iraq partnership under the Country Programming Framework, FAO Iraq is providing technical support to review the agricultural legislation currently in place in Iraq. The review will identify gaps, overlaps and outdated provisions, assess alignment with Iraq's international obligations, and formulate proposals to develop and modernize the legal framework in a way that strengthens the flexibility, resilience and adaptive capacity of the agriculture sector.

Reporting Lines
Under the overall supervision of the FAO Representative in Iraq, the technical supervision of the Legal Office, and in close technical collaboration with FAO Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa

📌 National Legal Specialist (Roma)
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📍 Roma