EFFICIENCYOF PROJECTS PERFORMANCE OF GREENHOUSES IN THE GOVERNOR OF KARBALA IN 2009-2010

Abstract

Vegetables occupy an important role in agricultural production and they are an essential source of food for different people and an effective factor in agricultural production development. The aim of research is to analyze the efficiency of economic performance of vegetables cultivated in greenhouses. The study was carried out by choosing a deliberate sample of vegetables farms cultivated in greenhouses in Karbala containing 92 farms included 982 greenhouses which represented 53% of total greenhouses in the province. The results showed that the total investment costs were ID 4717 million’s and 85% of the investments were the costs of greenhouses and the average investment cost for each house was ID 5.76 million’s. the results also showed that the total fixed costs were id 825.3 million’s and the average fixed cost for each house ID 840 thousands and the average variable cost for each house was ID 2292 thousands and the variable costs consisted 73% of total costs for each house which were ID 3133 thousands. The application of the economic performance criteria (net money income, financial profit, average return on investment, the return on invested dinar, and the productivity of capital) showed that the net money income was ID 1934675 and the financial profit per house was ID 1117390 which indicated the profitability of farms sample. The results also showed that the average return on investment was 19% which indicated the efficiency of farm management of the sample as it achieved a return more than the rate of loans interests. The invested dinar yield was 1.357 which means that the profit per dinar was ID 0.357