MEASURING THE ECONOMIC EFFCIENCY OF POTATOES BAGHDAD PROVINCE AS A CASE STUDY

Abstract

This study was conducted with the aim of economic performance evaluation in Baghdad province, using data DEA analysis method (Data Envelopment Analaysis),the potato growers harvest through a personal interview for 260 farms season productive 2013 to 2014, the study included a number of variables, namely, (seeds, fertilizer, space, anti-material, and labor) either output consisted production and using a specimen of linear with guidance Aladkhala who returns after changing amplitude is assumed converted to the corresponding specimen to assess the economic efficiencyHas been included under the constant and variable returns capacity as well as the measurement of economic efficiency and components, has been shown that the technical efficiency under variable returns to scal amounted to about ut 73.2%, while in the light of the stability of earnings capacity amounted to about 43.6%,and capacity efficiency amounted to about %61.7,as well as the results showed that the average allocative and economic efficiency under variable returns to scale producers of potatoes (30.5,23.5) respectively, moreover that the reason for the low o efficiency allocative high resource prices, as well as the presence of a waste of resources and this maittalb re-exploitation of resources are optimized and pay attention to the ways in high productivity and methods at a reasonable price, in addition to the on agricultural Extenion to provide its services to the farmers for the purpose of increasing the production quantity and quality at low cost all this leads to the achievement of efficiency,in addition to the need rational exploitation and optimization of inputs used and make it close or equal to the quantities of inputs achieve economic efficiency while maintaining the same level of production.

Keywords

DEA