Measuring the economic viability of protected cultivation of vegetables in plastic and spending compared with seasonal agriculture for the same vegetables in the province of Baghdad 2005

Mohammed, Jassam; Hamad Dabbash, Abdullah; Qasim Kalidar, Qusay

	Measuring the economic viability of protected cultivation of vegetables in plastic and spending compared with seasonal agriculture for the same vegetables in the province of Baghdad 2005
AL-Qadisiyah Journal For Administrative and Economic sciences
Article 1, Volume 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 64-77 PDF (0 K)
Authors
Jassam Mohammed; Abdullah Hamad Dabbash; Qusay Qasim Kalidar
Abstract
The research aims to study the economic feasibility of growing vegetables under plastic spending such as planting cucumbers, okra, tomato, green pepper and others. And compared the cultivation of vegetables by season seasonal agriculture for the same vegetables. The study confirmed that protected agriculture in plastic tunnels give bigger profits from seasonal agriculture, but high production costs strain the farm budget. Has also been compared to monoculture in agriculture protected and after the increase in costs has become profits few forcing farmers to cultivate crops to give profits more but raise production costs have been the work of a questionnaire that was distributed to (140) farmer to know the problems and obstacles faced by farmers spending plastic was drafted recommendations to solve the problems and constraints facing agriculture and mentioned by farmers. One of the problems and constraints faced by farmers in agriculture are protected: 1 - the need to provide affordable plastic sheeting by the state. 2 - the need to provide fuel and fuel needed by the farmers for the purpose of irrigation planted charges or heated. 3 - the need to control the provision of improved seeds, fertilizers and good quality control of pesticides appropriate and good dealing with plant diseases and pests. But do not be traded adulterated supplies and damage to society and farms. 4 - Coordination between domestic production and imports to protect domestic production from recession and the damage and loss of farms, but the import of vegetables, which are suffering from scarcity. 5 - the establishment of model farms to watch in all the provinces by the Ministry of Agriculture and Agricultural Extension to persuade farmers to adopt greenhouse cultivation and adoption of drip irrigation to reduce waste in irrigation water and only small amounts of water. 6 - the need to establish and provide plants for canning and food industries in provinces where increasing cultivation of vegetables or greenhouses for the purpose of benefiting from the surplus in the vegetables and no damage and the loss of farmers on the one hand and to provide canned vegetables in seasons that suffer from shortages of them.

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