ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT AS A PART OF INDICATORS OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN IRAQ
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https://doi.org/10.22159/ijags.2026v14i2.54936Keywords:
environmental footprint, Environmental pollution, Sustainable development, Agricultural environmental indicators, Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats analysisAbstract
Based on the data and the reality of the economic environment, and according to indicators and facts of the current performance of the agricultural sector in Iraq, and in light of the future challenges facing Iraqi agriculture for plans and programs to achieve sustainable agricultural development and the problems and determinants of these plans and programs, and to achieve full benefit from the potentials and opportunities available to achieve aspects of sustainable agricultural development in Iraq, and to push the current possible paths for this development toward achieving more technological development and keep pace with contemporary regional and international developments in the aspects of agriculture and foreign trade in agricultural products, and as an attempt to do so, this study sheds light on a set of environmental agricultural indicators (Agri- Environmental Indicators) agricultural environmental indicators (AEI), which approved by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in line with the current reality of sustainability in Iraqi agriculture, through the use of data reports issued by the Ministry of planning/Central Bureau of Statistics and the Ministries of Health, Environment, Agriculture and Water Resources. A general trend analysis has been carried out to find out the direction of the environmental performance economically and to know its efficiency and its impact on sustainable agricultural development in Iraq. Besides the use of AEI, we use the quadratic analysis method as a matrix of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. It is a common method used when assessing performance. Points and elements of this analysis used to improve performance. If there are untapped power elements, they can be used to improve environmental performance. Work is also done to overcome weaknesses. One of the most important results of this study is that all the factors in the environmental assessment need to be developed and overcoming weakness as a step ˇw_ ard sustainable agricultural development in Iraq.
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