Estimating the Reality of Broiler Production Projects in Iraq for the Period (2003-2021)

Abstract

About 1582.5 thousand tons of chicken meat were produced domestically between 2003 and 2021, while 4678.14 thousand tons of poultry meat were imported overall during this time. Due to increased local production and an increase in the sufficiency rate of the local product to reach 49.8% and 50.7%, respectively, as a result of the agricultural sector’s support in 2008, import quantities decreased in 2012 and 2013, reaching 90.7 and 98.4 thousand tons, respectively. Approximately 16.9% of local production was self-sufficient in 2021, which is the amount that can be consumed. As a result, just 16.9% of the food consumed by Iraqis is produced locally, while 83.1% is imported from other countries. The average per-person consumption was estimated. The amount of chicken meat produced in Iraq that may be consumed in 2021 is approximately 20.5% kg/year, and between 2003 and 2021, average per capita consumption levels fluctuated and fell short of what was needed on a worldwide scale. For the time period, the population growth rate was predicted to be 2.6%. Domestic production of chicken meat increased by 5.3%, domestic consumption increased by 14.6%, and import growth increased by 41.9%. The expected number of poultry production projects in Iraq for the year 2021 was estimated to be 3965, while the estimated number of projects that were suspended was 1338, or 33.8%, smaller than the previous year in 2020 when it was 3013 at the time. 57 projects were under construction at a pace of 1.4%, which is lower than its predecessor’s rate of 48.7%, which was reached at the time (71) and (1.5%) in 2020. A rise in the number of projects for the year 2020 was predicted at the time to be 2403; at that time, it constituted 49.8% of the projects in that year, while the number of projects that were actually generated in the year 2021 was estimated to be around 2570, at a rate of 64.8%. A variety of specializations, including (2166) fattening projects, (368) breeding projects, and (67) hatching projects, received a share of the total number of projects created in 2021. Baghdad governorate ranks second among the governorates in Iraq with 425 projects, followed by Nineveh governorate with 252 projects, Babil governorate with 227 projects, and Qadisiyah governorate with 225 projects. With 118 projects, Salah al-Din Governorate moved up from eleventh place in the prior year (2020), when it had 86 projects, to tenth place overall among the governorates in Iraq.