Economic analysis for the cost and production function for the impact of using the technology package of the national program for developing wheat cultivating in Diyala province for the season 2017-2018

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The research is concerned about studying and estimating the total cost function of the wheat crop for the farms in which the Package of National Program Technologies for wheat development was implemented to cultivating wheat in Diyala province based on a sample from crop farmers.

This package included the use of improved seeds, the fertilized seeder technology, the use of micro-nutrients and effective pesticides.

The optimal production was achieved through the derivation of the average total costs function for the long term and the optimal production capacity (1620 kg.dunum-1).

The optimum area amounted to (117.39 dunum).

It was also observed that the cultivated areas were less than the obtained optimum area.

Therefore, it was recommended to adhere to the optimal area with continuing the vertical expansion for the wheat crop.

The production function was studied in order to determine the effect of inputs on the quantity of production, where it included seeds quantity, the amount of urea fertilizer and the amount of compost fertilizer, the costs of mechanical work, the manual labor costs, and the amount of micronutrients.

The analysis showed the positive effect for inputs on the quantity of production, except for the amount of the compost, which had a negative effect.

It is recommended that these technologies be applied on the achieved optimum area in order to achieve the optimal product in dunums and achieve development and expansion by the production of this important crop to meet the requirements of the consumer.