Agriculture is a means to economic growth, social stability, and individual income in countries around the world. It has become an increasingly complex and demanding endeavor, as well as one of enduring importance. While agriculture, in the best of circumstances, is a challenging trade, a post-conflict environment significantly multiplies both the reliance on its product and the extreme difficulty in its production. Virtually every country has dealt with such challenges and in the multi-conflict world of today, post-conflict agriculture demands immediate attention and analysis. This Note will discuss the importance of addressing a nation's agricultural sector in post-war reconstruction. It will do so by outlining the historic role of agriculture inIraq, its gradual decline, and the devastating effects war has manifested on agriculture. The Note will then discuss the efforts that have been made in Iraq to revitalize the nation's agriculture, the problems that will continue to demand attention, andthe historic lessons of other post-war agricultural reconstruction successes that may be drawn from and applied in Iraq's ongoing efforts.
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