An Economic Analysis Of Wheat Crop Production In Iraq In The Context Of Government Support Policies And Influencing Factors For The Period (1980-2017)

Abstract

Wheat cultivation is strategically significant because it is one of the most basic food commodities on which a large number of people rely. Between 1980 and 2017, the study concluded, ISIS terrorist gangs were a factor in reducing cultivated land and production rates in the governorates of Nineveh, Wasit, Kirkuk, Diyala, and Salah al-Din, thereby increasing farmer migration and exacerbating Iraq's water crisis. It is regarded as the second primary reason for the study period's decline in production. The study made several recommendations and suggested solutions, whether they were related to the issue of irrigation water scarcity or the expansion of desertification reclamation.