Document Type : Articles
Author
College of Agriculture, University of Diyala, Iraq
Abstract
The study examined the production function of a random sample of date palm farms in Diyala Governorate. The sample included (53) farms with (8374) fruitful palm trees from the study population of (22943) palm trees. The multiple regression of the elements of the function was analyzed. This included labor costs, fertilizer costs, pesticide costs, The analysis showed that the effect of fertilizer costs, pesticide costs and labor costs on the quantity of production was positive ,The number of irrigation during the year had a negative effect on the quantity of production where its elasticity was negative, the study showed that weak government support, high production input prices, neglect of control programs, lack of awareness of palm tree service operations, soil service and the spread of poor varieties are among the main reasons for the decline in production, the decline of new palm trees, the increase in labor wages, the low labor experience, the low price of local dates and the competition of imported dates ,The reasons for the decline in production were , and it was recommended that government support for palm farms and programs to fertilize and control date palms and provide good varieties of production, especially support for textile agriculture, which provides excellent varieties and with good productivity.
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