Abstract
SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF CHICKEN MEAT PRODUCTION AND ITS ROLE IN ENHANCING FOOD SECURITY IN BAGHDAD GOVERNORATE FOR THE YEAR 2021
The production of chicken meat is one of the important economic activities because it has the effect of providing job opportunities for unemployed youth to absorb and reduce the size of unemployment, as well as their contribution to the optimal exploitation of the land because it makes a profitable and steady profit in the land allocated to it and a small area compared to the rest of the uses of agricultural land The study shows that one dunum of land can be used to raise up to 10 000 chickens with all the necessary building supplies and other accessories.
The lack of government support to provide banking facilities and agricultural production requirements to poultry farmers has negatively affected the development of production and led to the reluctance of most entrepreneurs to exercise this activity for high production costs, especially feed and chicks. The field study conducted by the researcher showed that the percentage of projects in the production line does not exceed 5% of the total number of projects in the study area. The production capacity does not exceed 30% of the project's design capacity. The weight of the chicken in the best environmental conditions to (1600) g within a period of (45) days. Compared to the weights of chickens in developed countries, which the weight of chicken to (2) kg during the period (25) days due to the use of modern hybrid of commercial breeds of meat breeds, in addition to the followers of systems and methods are very advanced in the management and nutrition.
Based on the questionnaire used by the researcher, the field study showed that the percentage of consumption of domestic production reaches (7%) of the total consumed by the population compared to the importer.
Keywords
Broiler chickens, food security, chicken fields, hatching eggs, poultry feed, agricultural productio
