TY - JOUR ID - TI - Desert agriculture in the Badia of Muthanna الزراعة الصحراوية في بادية المثنى AU - Researcher: Rabab Hassan Kazem AU - Assistant Professor Dr. Ainthar Abrahim PY - 2020 VL - 23 IS - 3 SP - 85 EP - 105 JO - for humanities sciences al qadisiya القادسية للعلوم الانسانية SN - 19917805 25203541 AB - This study examined desert agriculture in the Badia and the reasons for its orientation as a resultof the abundant agricultural potential represented by groundwater and arable soil that was thereason for increasing agricultural production and achieving agricultural development in the studyarea. Especially in the production of cereal crops, including wheat and barley crops, whose totalarea reached (57 thousand dunums) for the year 2019, in addition to fodder crops and vegetablecrops, which contributed to achieving agricultural development in the study area compared to theareas of Al-Muthanna governorate, which suffer most of the problem of salty soils and its spreadover large areas And the low water level that limits the cultivation of various crops, which was thereason that the farmer went towards the Badia to invest the available agricultural potentials. Themost important conclusions reached by the research is that most of the desert lands in the westernregions of Al-Muthanna Governorate have invested in what is known as desert agriculture due tothe availability of groundwater and arable soil. Most of these cultivated areas are exploited bygrowing wheat and barley crops due to the need to preserve them, in addition to the fact that theirprices are subsidized by government institutions. Whereas, uh, the proposals were to encouragefarmers to expand desert agriculture, especially for vegetable crops, wheat and barley crops, with aview to reducing import from them from neighboring countries. Which necessitates the necessity ofsupporting governmental institutions for such agricultural production by providing improved seedsat affordable prices for farmers, harvesters, fertilizers, and others. The research ended with a list ofmargins and sources through which the research achieved its scientific obligation.

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