Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 15 ISSUE 4
Written by Mohammed Dhary YOUSIF, Hussein Ali Hussein AL-QAESI, Abdulmuttaleb Abbas SALIH

The agricultural potential (terrestrial resources) is represented by the varieties of traditional cultures in Iraq, which has evolved over a period of over thousands of years. Agriculture in the North of Iraq depends on rain, rivers and groundwater, while the cultivation of lands in Central and Southern parts of the country is mainly dependent on only the waters of rivers. The country has a high potential for agricultural development, with reference to the total surface area of approximately 43.5 million hectares, but only 11 million hectares can be fit to the arable land. This paper makes an analysis of the main indicators of the agricultural potential of the Republic of Iraq, through areas under cultivation, irrigation potential, GDP, production made, etc. As a result of this analysis, we can say that the agricultural potential of the Republic of Iraq has as the main drawback the arid land for the vegetal sector, and also the reduced rainfall and soils with salt. There are necessitates who once carried out could raise agricultural potential among which stands out the increase in the technical-material basis of agriculture.

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