The FAO has developed a monitoring system in 26 food crisis countries to better understand the impacts of various shocks on agricultural livelihoods, food security and local value chains. The Monitoring System consists of primary data collected from households on a periodic basis (more or less every four months, depending on seasonality). The FAO launched this eighth-round survey using computer-assisted telephone interviews in the 18 governorates of Iraq (Anbar, Babylon, Baghdad, Basrah, Diyala, Duhok, Erbil, Kerbela, Kirkuk, Maysan, Muthanna, Nainawa, Najaf, Qadisiya, Salah Al-Deen, Sulaimaniyah, Thi-Qar and Wasit) from 16 July to 13 August 2022, at the end of the harvesting season for the main crops (barley and wheat). For more information, please go to https://data-in-emergencies.fao.org/pages/monitoring