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TL50985
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انگلیسی
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
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Three Essays on Wheat Production Efficiency in Iraq: Comparison Between MENA Countries and Internal Comparison of Districts
General Material Designation
[Thesis]
First Statement of Responsibility
Altaie, Karrar
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
Pritchett, James
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Colorado State University
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2019
GENERAL NOTES
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131 p.
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
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Ph.D.
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Colorado State University
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2019
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Wheat is an important staple of the Iraqi diet, as it is for all the nineteen Middle East North African (MENA) countries. Wheat is also an important crop for farmers in the rural areas of these countries. Yet, all the MENA countries import wheat, and the gap between growing demands and local supplies is widening. This gap is prompting general concerns of food security and driving interest in wheat productive efficiency. The focus of this dissertation is examining the technical efficiency of wheat production with a goal of informing policy decisions in Iraq. In this research, a conceptual approach of wheat productive efficiency is developed based on existing models and is translated into an empirical framework. The approach evaluates the relationships between different kinds of inputs such as human capital, financial capital, operational capital, imports and sociodemographic factors and the resulting wheat output. Inputs related to temperature, humidity and irrigation pattern also included. Technical efficiency (TE) scores and factors affecting TE are explored with two empirical methods: Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). These methods are applied in two essays: panel data exploring Middle East North African countries and a cross sectional data of wheat producing districts in Middle and South of Iraq. A third essay synthesizes the result of the two empirical explorations. In the first essay factors that affected productive efficiency are: •
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
Agricultural economics
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Agriculture
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Economic theory
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Middle Eastern studies
Subject Term
North African studies
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Altaie, Karrar
PERSONAL NAME - SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITY
Pritchett, James
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Colorado State University
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[Thesis]
276903
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