ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF PRODUCTION RISKS FOR BROILER BREEDING PROJECTS IN IRAQ FOR THE YEAR 2021 (BAGHDAD PROVINCE AS A CASE STUDY)

The study aimed to estimate the production function and its economic derivatives for broiler breeding projects, measure the efficiency of the resources used in the production of broilers, and determine the behavior of broiler project breeders toward the risks they are exposed to in the study area by adopting the risk avoidance criterion (Ks). The study relied on primary data from its field sources in the light of a questionnaire prepared for this purpose and through direct interviews with broiler breeders in the Baghdad governorate for one production year (2021). Data were collected randomly from (64) projects out of a total of (546) projects in Baghdad governorate Which is, (11.72%) of the total projects. The results indicated that the projects of broiler breeders in the study area were efficient in the use of forage, the number of chicks, and human work, as the ratio of resource efficiency was close to the correct one, while they were incompetent in the use of medicines and vaccines. Cheap commercial medicines and treatments in treating chicken diseases. The analysis of the behavior of broiler breeders toward risks included the percentage of breeders’ preferred risk (90.6%), and the percentage of breeders’ preferred medium risk (9.4%). Many breeders prefer to take risks. The study recommended the necessity of providing adequate government support to the owners of broiler breeding projects by providing loans and financial advances.