Economic analysis for the factors affecting the production of cucumber crops in greenhouses in Diyala province for the autumnal season (2017-2018)‎

Abstract EN

The research dealt with studying the production function for the Cucumber crop cultivated in greenhouses (a private sector in Diyala province for a random sample from crop farmers that included (38 farmers) from the study community that amounted to (151 farmers), a private sector for the production season (2018 autumn season), Where 38 greenhouses were studied and the Multiple Regression Analysis for the main elements involved in the production process was conducted and the function was analyzed by taking the Natural logarithm for production as a dependent factor and the natural logarithm for each element of the production elements as independent factors.

It became clear through the analysis that a portion of these elements is not optimally exploited, through indicating their parameters that represented by the productive elasticities where they were negative, this means that their production occurs these elements in the third stage from the law of diminishing returns, which is the work variable, the cost of the peat moss, dusting and cost of the Seeds.

As for the other factors, they came with positive elasticities, which means that they occur in the rational production stage, where they are optimally employed and these resources include maintenance costs, fuel costs, oils for the watering pump, fertilizer and control costs.

Regression was also analyzed by taking the natural logarithm for both work and capital in order to find total production elasticity using the Cobb–Douglas production function and it became clear that the elasticities of these elements are positive and have achieved the optimum combination for production due to the cooperation of production resources in this model so that additional units can be exploited in desire for vertical expansion of production.

It was recommended to use the available resources based on the results of scientific research or Agricultural departments Bulletins as well as the expansion of the project by using additional areas to cultivating cucumber crops in greenhouses.