The agricultural bank in Iraq: A comparison study with some neighborhood states

Abstract

The formal agricultural credit agencies are the most important sources, because they are non-profit organizations, and its goals is to maximize benefits of farmers and provide advice's and directions, also they put low interest rate, comparing with private banks which put heavy requirements. Our study acquired its importance to identify and to attempt the credit services extended to small farmers through the agriculture banks in Iraq, Syria and Jordan. So our study based on the hypothesis which assume that there are differences in this countries for trends of guideline borrowing. the broad objective of this study to comparison also the guideline borrowing through the dispensation of the loans according to source, purpose, fate, activity and type and the interest rates in Iraq , Syria and Jordan.