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Instructions No.1 of 2015 implementing Law No.59 of 2012 about Modern Farming Villages.

Country/Territory
Iraq
Document type
Miscellaneous
Date
2015
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Agricultural & rural development
Keyword
Farming Institution Land commission Land consolidation Land tenure Allocation/quota Agricultural development
Geographical area
Asia, Middle East, Near East and North Africa, Persian Gulf, Western Asia
Entry into force notes
This Instruction enters into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
Abstract

This Instruction consisting of 6 articles establishes that: the Minister of Agriculture shall rent farmland and houses in modern villages to graduates of colleges and institutes of agriculture and veterinary medicine (art.3.3 lists conditions to be met) not working in government departments or public sector (art.1); at the Ministry of Agriculture shall be established a Committee for Renting Land and Houses in the Modern Villages (art.2) with the following tasks: studying the requests submitted, preparing a record of the names of the winners and submit them to the minister for approval and announcing the names of the winners (art.3); a draw shall take place to assign the agricultural site and the residential house (art.4); rules for the tenants (art.5).

Full text
Arabic
Website
www.iraqld.iq

References - Legislation

Implements

Law No.59 of 2012 on Modern Farming Villages.

Legislation | Iraq | 2012

Keyword: Farming, Contract farming, Agricultural development, Agricultural land, Food security, Indigenous peoples, Land consolidation, Land tenure, Financial agricultural measures, Irrigation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX