Masters Theses

Date of Award

3-1978

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Major

Agricultural Economics

Major Professor

James G. Snell

Committee Members

S. Darrel Mundy, David W. Brown

Abstract

The study reported herein is based on an investigation of the available literature in both Arabic and English on the role of agriculture cooperatives in economic and social development in Iraq. The study reveals that agriculture cooperative movement is multi-purpose and is supported, encouraged and directed by the national government. Throughout its development, the agriculture cooperative movement faced numerous problems of both social and economical nature. But after 1968, the government devoted much effort in an attempt to eliminate or lessen the burden of these problems. In all its plans, government policy aimed to assist cooperatives in overcoming the problems. This support was based on two main objectives: 1. To increase agricultural production. 2. To bring about social and economic changes for rural areas in which the majority of citizens earning low incomes reside. The performance of agricultural cooperatives has not solved all prob-lems, but the performance in the last several years has progressively improved. Thus, for cooperatives to reach the goal set by the government reevaluation, expansion of the present cooperative programs is urgently needed. The basic thrust of this thesis is to outline applied research procedures including data needs, to use in attaining the general economic goals of cooperatives engaged in marketing activities.

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