Resolution No. 9 of 2013 promulgating Law No. 10 of 2013 establishing the Ministry of Agriculture.

This Law, consisting of 14 articles divided in 3 Sections, aims at re-establishing the Ministry of Agriculture. The Sections are: Establishment and Objectives (I); The Minister (II); and the Organizational Structure of the Ministry. Main objectives of the Ministry are: to achieve agricultural development by empowering production, rendering services in the field of plant and animal production, developing the work in the fields of protection, guidance, co-operation and agricultural training, To achieve these goals its tasks are: to establish, plan and monitor the implementation of agricultural policy; create and develop centers of services in the field of production, both animal and agricultural; manage irrigation systems (both drip or sprinkler); modernize agricultural sector, cooperate with similar structures, in Iraq and abroad; strengthen relationships with other countries to develop local agriculture and propose laws relating to agriculture and its protection.
Section II deals with main powers and duties of the Minister. Section III indicates the main Ministry Departments and their related bodies.