لقد تعرضت البنية التحتية والمؤسسية لقطاعي الزراعة والمياه في أنحاء العراق كافة للتدمير والتخريب الكلي أو الجزئي نتيجة العمليات الحربية وما أحدثته من تلوث في الموارد المائية والتربة والأراضي.
The infrastructure and facilities of both the agricultural sector and the water sector have been extensively destroyed, partially or entirely, in all parts of Iraq as a result of military action and the consequent contamination of the country's water and soil. Furthermore, both the country's crop production and its livestock production were adversely affected by the years of economic sanctions to which Iraq was subjected.