18 January 2016, Rabiya District, Ninewa Governorate, Iraq - FAO beneficiaries clean the main Al Jazeera irrigation canal as part of a project to resupply water for agricultural production for the first time since the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) took the area in 2014. The project is providing job opportunities and income for 500 families, and will enable 5,000 farmers to grow crops for trade and food through restoring water supply for agriculture. Once seasonal vegetable production, which relies on this water supply, recommences in northern Ninewa, up to 200,000 casual labourers will find work each vegetable season.