Issa AL-Hachami * ⁽¹⁾

(1) Direct. Agric. in waist , Ministry of Agriculture, waist, Iraq.

(*Corresponding author: Dr. Issa AL-Hachami, Email: essa119924@yahoo.com)

Received: 3/03/2021                                   Accepted: 10/06/2021

Abstract

The wheat crop is one of the most important strategic food crops in Iraq and a major source of agricultural income. The production of this crop is affected by the extent of the success of the economic policies pursued by the state through its agricultural policies, especially the policies directed towards supporting production requirements or supporting production prices. In order to find out the features of the agricultural price policy and the impact of changing the exchange rate, the policy analysis matrix for the year 2020 was calculated, in addition to some important indicators associated with it, as the results indicated the existence of support for the local product and a subsidy for the traded inputs and that investment in wheat cultivation achieves special profits for farmers.,  and  producer subsidy ratio,   at the exchange rate for 2020  and the exchange rate in 2021, as it turned out, their values decrease  values are about (0.19, 0.07, 0.3, 16.7) respectively, therefore,  thus, the exchange rate for the year 2020  In favor of the product more, As for the comparative advantage of production, the increase in the exchange rate has led to a decrease in the cost of the local resource and thus increased international competitiveness, especially for farms irrigated by surface runoff. We recommend increasing the price support of productive inputs and supporting production prices and targeting more aid for smallholders and by following clear and stable agricultural policies based on scientific foundations that take into account any influential changes.

Keywords: Wheat, the nominal protection coefficient, domestic resource cost, exchange rate.

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