H. E Dr. Tariq Moosa Al-Zadjali, the Director General of the Arab Organization for Agriculture Development (AOAD) has made an official visit to Iraq from 8-10/11/2009, at the head of a high-level delegation comprising: Dr. Al-hag Ateyah , Director of Training and International cooperation department, Dr. Zakareyah Riyad Al-Qanwati , in-charge of the Arab Centre for Animal Health and eg. Khalid Hassan Bakri , of the D. G office.

 During the visit H. E the D. G discussed with H. E Dr. Akram Al-Hakim – the Iraq Minister for agriculture and Their Excellencies the undersecretaries  to the ministry the existing situation of Iraqi agriculture and food security and the government policies and plans for the salvation and restoration of the Iraqi agriculture as well as the areas where AOAD technical assistance is needed.

The D. G discussed with the Iraqi officials a package ideas and plans  for the improvement of species, development of animal and fisheries wealth as well as investment in agriculture. He emphasized the importance of orientation to the experiences of other brotherly countries in the fields of agriculture as well as  making available the Iraqi agricultural expertise to the other Arab countries.  

The two parties have signed an agricultural protocol to facilitate the development of the Iraqi Agriculture. The protocol provide for the training of Iraqi personnel, promotion of research, extension, animal wealth, water use, horticulture and veterinary services. It further provided for accreditation of AOAD as a  consultative house of experts for the implementation of the Iraqi Ministry of agriculture's projects, studies and capacity building programmes funded through the Arab, or other,  funding agencies.

H.E the D.G also paid a visit to the wing of the Ministry of Agriculture at  Baghdad international show.