Sarmad Kamil Ali (R), deputy chief agricultural engineer of Iraq's State Board of Combating Desertification, stands in the nursary of anti-desertification forest in southeast Baghdad, Iraq, on Aug. 11, 2018. An Iraqi agriculture expert told Xinhua in an exclusive interview that he hoped Iraq, which suffers from increasing desertification, can benefit from Chinese expertise in fighting desertification. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)