EVALUATION OF  THE GOVERNMENTAL SUPPLY ACTIVITY IN THE PROCESS OF SPREADING OF THE MODERN TECHNIQUES OF  SEEDS AND CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS IN CULTIVATING WHEAT CROP IN AL-MUHAWEEL AGRICULTURE  DEPARTMENT / BABIL  PROVINCE.

	EVALUATION OF THE GOVERNMENTAL SUPPLY ACTIVITY IN THE PROCESS OF SPREADING OF THE MODERN TECHNIQUES OF SEEDS AND CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS IN CULTIVATING WHEAT CROP IN AL-MUHAWEEL AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT / BABIL PROVINCE.
Euphrates Journal of Agriculture Science
Article 1, Volume 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 303-315
Abstract
ABSTRACT : Wheat is the first strategic crop in Iraq, The crop is characterized by the low productivity, continuously. The productivity is affected by the level of application of modern agricultural technologies, constantly providing the farmers with the agricultural technologies is the responsibility of government institutions, So the study aims to evaluate the government supply activity in the process of spreading seeds and chemical fertilizers in cultivating wheat crop in Al-Mahaweel Agriculture Dept/ Babil province. Data were collected from a proportional random sample of 80 farmers through interview survey, as well as statistics for supplying seeds and fertilizers in Dept for three seasons 2009/2010 - 2011/2012. The study concluded that the provided quantities of wheat seeds to farmers were very few for the seasons mentioned before, the deficit was amounted at 83% compared to the quantities of seeds needed to grow the area planned in the Dept, as well as a deficit in the amount of fertilizers provided to farmers. Its rates vary with the type of fertilizer (urea or mixed), and between 30 % - 37% for each type. The study found the government institutions have a clear role in providing seeds and chemical fertilizers, but that does not help to speed up and spread the agricultural technologies and doesn’t achieve continuity and sustainability .The researcher recommended the importance of develop the capacities of those government institutions to provide the required quantities and qualities of those technologies and in a timely manner, and develop an appropriate strategy to achieve this, with the importance of contracting with companies or the private sector who have experience in the field of providing and supplying technologies (seeds and chemical fertilizers ) to farmers, to meet the needs of the agricultural sector of these technologies in partnership with the public sector will reflect positively.

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