التحليل الجغرافي للعوامل الطبيعية و أثرها على تنمية زراعة محصول البطاطا في قضاء عفك : دراسة في جغرافية الزراعة

الملخص EN

Potato is one of the most productive vegetable crops in the world due to its nutritional importance as it is an important source of energy Because it contains important carbohydrates and starchy materials, vitamins and minerals, so it is included in what has become known as strategic vegetable crops first and its industrial importance secondly Where it is the main source of starch and spirit and without a competitor, which explains the increased interest in it in recent years And the trend towards encouraging agriculture in Iraq in general, and the province of ALQadisiyah and the district of Afak in particular, increased the demand for agricultural food products in general and the crop in question.

In particular, to keep pace with the accelerating pace of economic changes, the increase in population numbers, urbanization and the continuous change in food patterns and habits on the one hand, not to mention the rewarding economic return for the farmers of this crop on the other hand .Especially since it is grown in Iraq and the study area specifically During the autumn and spring periods, the state humanity The research was divided into an introduction and two chapters, the first of which was devoted to the study of geographical analysis of natural factors and their compatibility with the cultivation and development of the potato crop in the district of Afak, in preparation for making the district a region specialized in the cultivation of potatoes in the province of ALQadisiyah Which is the heart of the central Euphrates provinces, the food basket of Iraq, While the second topic defined the potato, reviewing its most important natural and moving on to the study of spatial analysis of the cultivation of the crop in the district of Afak for the period (2016-2021).

It concluded with a number of conclusions and recommendations.