MEASURING THE SHARE OF  STRUCTURAL CHANGES OF AGRICULTURE IN  IRAQ BY USING FACTOR SHARE APPROACH FOR THE PERIOD 1975-2000

Abdul-Kadir Zaydan, Aswan

doi:10.33899/magrj.2007.26505

	MEASURING THE SHARE OF STRUCTURAL CHANGES OF AGRICULTURE IN IRAQ BY USING FACTOR SHARE APPROACH FOR THE PERIOD 1975-2000
Mesopotamia Journal of Agriculture
Article 10, Volume 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 50-56 PDF (0 K)
DOI: 10.33899/magrj.2007.26505
Author
Aswan Abdul-Kadir Zaydan
Abstract
This paper tries to analyze structural changes of agricultural sector in Iraq for the period 1975-2000A.D in order to understand the changes taken place in agricultural domestic product. The relation ship between the agricultural domestic product being a followed Variance and all (the added Value, agricultural investment, the ratio of Fixed agricultural Capital, agricultural Fixed Capital, agricultural area, the density of using Fertilizer, the ratio of agricultural Labour Force, total Labour Force) as independent changes. It was clear from the analysis the effect of each (added Value, agricultural investment, the ratio of Fixed agricultural Capital, agricultural Labour, agricultural area, ratio of agricultural Labour Force, total Labour Force) . The ratio of elements of Factor Share Approach had been calculated and these shares had remanded that the agricultural area had got a huge growth of 37.2% and the added Value about 29.3% and ratio in participation with investment about 25.9%.then there is the density of Fertilizers usage about 25.3% and the agricultural Fixed Capital about 20.1% and finally the ratio of agricultural Labour force/total labour force about 69.3-%.

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