Measuring and Analyzing the Impact of the Agricultural Price Policy on the Production of Barley Crop in Nineveh Governorate - Iraq, using the Policy Analysis Matrix for the Production Season 2022

Abstract

In this manuscript, an economic analysis was conducted of barley crop farms in Nineveh Governorate - Iraq, for the productive season 2022, through a random sample of barley crop producers in the study area, which included (160) producers out of a total study population of (1606), as the research depend on policy analysis. The price of production inputs and output prices by adopting the Price Analysis Matrix (PAM), which included the prices of traded production inputs and the prices of non-traded productive inputs, as well as the quantities of stored productive inputs and the quantities of non-traded productive inputs, and depending on the private prices and social prices of production requirements, the research reached a group of The most important results are that the return of one dunum at special prices amounted to (188) thousand dinars. As for the return of a dunam at social prices, it amounted to (111) thousand dinars, and the total cost of inputs traded per dunam at special prices was calculated, which amounted to (61) thousand dinars, and the cost of a dunam at social prices amounted to (54) thousand dinars. As for the total cost of non-traded inputs per dunum, by adopting special prices and social prices, they amounted to (91) and (97) thousand dinars, respectively. Based on the conclusions, it was recommended to increase government support for production requirements such as fertilizers and fuel, as well as to develop the efficiency of marketing outlets, as well as to regulate the use of the water resource.