Food and Agriculture Organisation
- FAO/WFP crop, food supply and nutrition assessment mission to Iraq - special report (23 Sept 2004)
Report based on data collected in June and July 2003, in all 18 governorates of Iraq. Finds that the war had a limited impact on winter cereal crops, but affected summer cereal crops, cash crops, and fertilizer production. 60% of Iraqis are unemployed, and thus mostly dependent on the Public Distribution System (PDS), which provides insufficient nutritional variety. Considers that although 'any significant disruption of the PDS would have a severe negative impact on food access', changes will be needed, including better targetting of subsidised food.