The role of modern irrigation techniques in developing the agricultural sector – selected experiences with the possibility of benefiting from them in Iraq

A thesis submitted to the Council of the College of Administration and Economics, University of Karbala, which is part of the requirements for obtaining a Master’s degree in Economic Sciences

By the student
Ibrahim Muhammad Abdul Hassan Al-Tamimi

Supervised by
a.m.d   Shaima Rashid Muhaisen

Abstract

        The research aims to study the most important modern agricultural technologies that are used in agriculture, and to know the future prospects for developing these technologies, as well as to study the spatial relationships between these technologies and agricultural development in Iraq, in order to shed light on the subject of the study.
        The research problem, the most important of which is the lack of water, is one of the urgent problems in Iraq, which requires efforts to exploit this resource efficiently through the use of modern irrigation techniques and the expansion of the agricultural area to increase production and reduce the waste of water, as well as raising the standard of living of farmers because of the economic returns it brings to them in a significant way. Especially for the country in general, and despite the work of government institutions and research centers to find solutions to it by introducing modern technologies in agriculture in order to develop the agricultural sector.
      The research is based on the idea that it is possible to use modern irrigation techniques in Iraq in order to rationalize water waste and increase production capacity in the agricultural sector. The research was based on the analytical method through the use of inductive and deductive approaches.
       This research recommends the necessity of using modern irrigation systems in irrigation at the Iraqi level, and these systems have many positive effects. It also recommends stimulating agriculture to adopt modern irrigation systems, as it explains the necessity of doing so. It also recommends stimulating agriculture to adopt modern irrigation systems. It also recommends that the Ministry of Agriculture establish Penalties for modern farm owners who use surface irrigation on their lands. The water problem has been placed at the forefront of the problems facing this sector, and a group of internal and external factors have combined to exacerbate this problem.