By: Abbas Abid Ahmed Al Tamimi and Ali Yasin Khudair

ABSTRACT 

     The study examined the production function of the fish farms in the Diyala Governorate for the season 2018 through a questionnaire prepared for this purpose, questionnaire (31) fish products were selected from (61) products while (27) farms were not working out of the total, Multivariate analysis was carried out by taking the natural logarithm of production as a dependent factor and the natural logarithm of the productive resources as independent factors. The analysis revealed the importance of conservation and irrigation costs, fish feed and prevention costs and the cost of purchasing and transferring the fingerlings. These resources were positive elasticities, while the analysis proved the significance of the labour resource of the elasticity was negative. The analysis of the regression of both capital and land and labour using the model (Cup – Dogalas) to determine the overall elasticity of production and the analysis proved the significance of these resources were positive elasticities, which means that these resources gave the optimal combination in the model (Cup – Douglas). The descriptive analysis also revealed the lack of government support for these farms and the lack of hatching stations. It was recommended that government support for fish producers such as providing hatching stations and activating agricultural extension to raise awareness of farmers at the prices of production inputs and applying the results of scientific research to farm management. Production to diversify farmers’ income and make use of available resources.

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