Economic Development
‘Hoop Houses,’ combined with drip irrigation, provide an affordable and sustainable model for Iraqi farmers.
Provincial Reconstruction Teams promote economic development at the provincial level by encouraging best practices across a wide-range of disciplines, including: banking and finance, agriculture, water, and transportation, as well as in the energy sector, including oil and electricity. U.S. experts from the Departments of State, Treasury, and Agriculture cooperate with local experts to facilitate economic-related conferences, agribusiness fairs, energy summits, trade shows, investment seminars, and budget discussions. Each PRT’s economic development experts also focus on supporting provincial investments, developing agricultural initiatives, strengthening basic financial services, and supporting infrastructural improvements to support local community development.
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Old techniques get new life in Baghdad – PRT-Baghdad helps Iraqi women acquire skills to preserve produce through canning
Baghdad -- In the dusty village of Um al-Abeed, in Eastern Baghdad province, dozens of women picked at large platters of tomatoes, okra and other produce. They hadn’t gathered to prepare a community feast, but rather to learn how to preserve the bounty from their family farms.
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New Soil Testing Machine Funded by PRT Basrah Will Benefit Basrah University College of Engineering
As the result of a successful Iraqi-American cooperation, the College of Engineering at Basrah University received a much-needed truck-mounted auger machine for soil investigations. Basrah University Chancellor Dr. Saleh Najim, Basrah Provincial Reconstruction Team Officer Suzanne Bodoin, and a representative from Al-Fakher Company presided over a hand-over ceremony in the presence of Basrah University faculty and students.
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Iraqi farm demonstrates success
On an 86 acre farm in Tarmiyah, peppers, tomatoes and cucumbers are thriving, even in the arid heat of summer in Iraq. But this bumper crop of vegetables isn’t the farm’s biggest success. More important is what other farmers are learning there.
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Ambassador’s Youth Employment Initiative Launched Amid Fanfare in Basra
The USAID-Mustaqbal Iraqi Youth Initiative opened its first Youth Entrepreneurship Resource Center in Basrah province July 28 inside the Basrah Business Information Center (BBIC).
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Iraqi-American Partnership- Amarah Grain Silo Receives New Grain Unloader
As the result of a successful Iraqi-American partnership the Amarah Grain Silo received a new, efficient and modern grain unloading truck lift.
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Al-Abbassiah Agriculture Extension Service Center
The Agriculture Extension Service and PRT Najaf marked the handover of new farm equipment in Najaf.
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Children Working To Build A Better Future For Iraq -- PRT Baghdad, Local Groups Support 4-H Clubs in Baghdad
Some Iraqi children are taking steps toward a brighter future, thanks their membership in a new group in Baghdad - the Al Amal 4-H Club. The club, supported by Embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team (ePRT) Baghdad-South, is already having a big impact in their lives.
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Catalog Show Supports Economic Development In Baghdad
Bringing businesses together – that is the goal of a catalog show June 20th at the Rashid Hotel. PRT-Baghdad, in cooperation with the US Embassy and the British firm Upper Quartile, is hosting the event, which will bring dozens of Iraqi business leaders together.
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Najaf PRT Opens Abu Sukair Farmer’s Market
The Najaf Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) held an opening ceremony for the Abu Sukair Farmer‘s Market on June 29
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PRT Anbar Catalog Fair Promotes Private Sector Development
More than 140 U.S. manufacturers and export management companies participated in the first “Made in USA” catalog fair since the 1980s on June 16 in Ramadi
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Anbar Greenhouse Initiative Develops Local Agriculture, Promotes Water Conservation
Representing Iraq's contribution to eco-friendly agriculture, hoop houses are changing the nature of farming in Anbar Province.
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PRT Projects Will Deliver Potable Water to 97 Percent of Anbaris
Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and its partners in the provincial and central government have implemented a strategic plan to improve water quality and distribution in Anbar Province.
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PRT Basrah Supports Governor's Request to Help Clean-up Basrah
April 1 marked the completion of a project to remove a huge heap of scrap metal from downtown Basrah.
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Iraqi Women Take Advantage of Beekeeping Business Opportunities
May 4, 2010, Bayji -- Several women in Salah ad Din province are learning how to maintain honey bee colonies through a class taught by the Salah ad-Din Economic Development Organization. The beekeeping initiative, implemented by the SEDO and the Salah ad-Din Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) is aimed at helping Iraqi women start their own small businesses.
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Diyala PRT Marks Opening of Baqubah Landfill
On April 22, the Baqubah Landfill was officially opened during a ceremony attended by Iraqi officials as well as representatives of the Diyala Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and US Forces Iraq
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PRT Baghdad Leads Soil Testing Training for Iraqi Agriculture Experts
On Sunday April 18, Baghdad Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) agriculture advisors joined to lead training on new soil testing kits being donated to the Ministry of Agriculture, the College of Agriculture and the NGO Green Mada’in Association for the Agricultural Development (GMAAD).
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PRT Baghdad Create a USG Presence at Baghdad Annual Flower Show
Iraqi VIPs and ordinary citizens streamed through the Baghdad Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) display at the Baghdad Amanat’s 2nd Annual Flower Show on Thursday.
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PRT and Karbala Agricultural Officials Promote New Grazing & Forage Management Techniques To Improve Local Agricultural Performance
Reviewing opportunities to stimulate growth in Karbala's agricultural sector, PRT Agricultural Advisor Dr. David Nisbet and Karbala provincial agricultural officials examined possibilities to apply more advanced production techniques at Karbala's Agricultural Extension sheep research farm.
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Beekeeping Class and Other Initiatives Create Economic Independence for Locals
Members of the U.S. State Department's Karbala Provincial Reconstruction Team and their military partners attended the beekeeping course graduation. "Our [Karbala PRT] mission is to assist the Iraqis with capacity building," said Sgt. Fatimah Muhammad, from Chicago, Ill., the rule-of-law non-commissioned officer in charge.
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PRT Muthanna Visits USAID-Funded Sewing Class for Women
This sewing training project will train 150 women to sew clothes for girls and women.
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PRT Anbar and MNF-West Unite to Restore the Economic Lifeblood of a Province
The local leader, Marines and PRT Anbar together developed a four-part strategic plan to increase fuel availability to the province.
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Wasit PRT Helps Improve Provincial Electrical Power Generation
The Wasit Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for three Shuhada Micro Power Generation projects.
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PRT Wasit Inaugurates New Micro-power Generators
The Wasit Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for three Shuhada Micro Power Generation projects.
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Danoobi Power Station to Improve Lives of Wasit Citizens
The Wasit Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) celebrated the ribbon-cutting of the Dabooni Electrical Substation.
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PRT Basrah Awards 85 Micro Grants
The Basrah PRT has awarded 85 micro grants in amounts ranging up to $5,000 to men and women for projects.