معوقات إنتاج التمور في العراق / دراسة ميدانية في محافظة بابل

Abstract

Palm tree is blessing ,and dates have a high nutritional value .Iraq is oneof the excellence country in date palm cultivation and dates production .Thesector of dates in Iraq is worsening as a result of the causes and multiplefactors .The present study aims to examine the obstacles of date’s productiondepending on a field study of random sample from the owners of palmgroves in Babylon province which consists of (150) farmers .The result showed there is (47) obstacles which distribute on (9) field , themost influential obstacles in the dates production in Babylon province aresoil salinity , dust storms , low prices of dates , the weakness of agriculturalenterprises in the development of date palm cultivation . The mostinfluential field is agricultural mechanization .