Estimation of wheat and rice food gap in Iraq to the period (1990-2012)

Abstract

A phenomenon of food gap linked closely to the concept of food security in Iraq . as the breadth cause decrease in the degree of food security . and thus Iraq became more vulnerable to the countries that export food and dominant the international trade . on the other hand , the breadth of food gap cast a large burdens on the balance of payments and depletes its foreign reserves . result have been found to prove the growing of food gap rates of strategic crops and reached the highest level in (2012) reached (3452) 1000 tons from wheat , that indicates to the increase of level consumption over the level of production , the reason of this increase of population . the rice crop increased in the food gap rates , that reached (52.75) in (2002) because of the decreased levels of the two rivers by drought , the studies also showed clear volatility in indices of all the crops that depend on the rain-fed agriculture .