Abstract
This research was aimed to estimate the long-run cost and supply functions and to calculate the optimum profit-maximizing level of production, optimum capacity for broiler projects. The preliminary data were obtained by questionnaires that were distributed to project owners in Qadisiyah, Babil and Wasit governorates. A total of 80 projects amounted for 15% of the total projects in these governorates were included. The results indicated that the optimal profit-maximizing and actual production were 25,337, 34,737, and 21.25 tons respectively. The optimum production capacity was 9.9 thousand birds, while the actual capacity was 8.3 thousand chicken The cost elasticities were 0.936, 1.0 and 1.23 at the actual, optimal and profit maximizing production, respectively. The supply function had low elasticity indicating that the producers face great difficulty in controlling production in case of price changes. From these results, it can be concluded that government support is required for productive inputs, facilitating loans, preventing poultry importing, and adoption of strategic policy for the agricultural sector in general and poultry production in particular.
Highlights
Poultry farming is an important and influential industry in the national economy and plays a fundamental role in securing animal protein from meat and eggs of high nutritional value at reasonable prices if compared to the prices of meat and other animal products [4]
Despite the availability of the necessary capabilities and resources for poultry breeding projects, there is a shortage of production and lack of self-sufficiency in this product, which may be due to many reasons that overshadowed the reluctance of the projects set for the advancement of this sector, and the most important of these reasons may be the nature of the policies set By the state in the low level of support for broiler production projects and not creating a safe investment environment for breeders in imparting a qualitative leap in broiler production and achieving the necessary economic efficiency and optimal utilization of resources.[23]
The permanent work costs on capital came first by 48.16%. It was occupied the last rank with 13.45% of the total relatively high due to low financial capacity of fixed cost due to the dependence of the poultry most breeders who resort to get loans, and the minimum view of the experience gained by these requirement insurance to get loans
Summary
Poultry farming is an important and influential industry in the national economy and plays a fundamental role in securing animal protein from meat and eggs of high nutritional value at reasonable prices if compared to the prices of meat and other animal products [4]. Broiler waste is used as fertilizer for agricultural crops, as it is rich in organic materials that increase soil fertility and improve soil properties. The importance of research lies in the optimal use of inputs and drawing the correct productive path for the owners of broiler waste is used as fertilizer for agricultural crops, as it is rich in organic materials that increase soil fertility and improve soil properties breeding projects in the future to reach self-sufficiency and the possibility of exporting the surplus. Arab and international studies focused on studying the costs of broiler waste is used as fertilizer for agricultural crops, as it is rich in organic materials that increase soil fertility and improve soil properties projects (1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 12, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 25 ,26 ,27 .30,31). The high rate of variable costs through variable costs, through the process of encouraged breeders to invest their money in replacement or the variable production the production of broiler, for the possibility of elements
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