An Economic Study of Effect of Government Subsidies on Production of Main Grain Crops (Wheat, Barley, Rice) in Iraq During 1995-2015

The research aims to study and measure the impact of agricultural subsidy variables on the growth rate of the main grain crops in Iraq for the period (1995-2015). The research was based on the hypothesis that supports policies have different effects on the production of these crops by using the statistical program (Eviews10) to measure and evaluate the results by the Philips-Peron method in detecting the stability of the data and based on the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL)). It was found that agricultural support in Iraq, especially the production requirements support was not at the required level during the study period, while the support for the final product was good and positive. The study recommends increasing agricultural support for farmers, taking into account the development of a strong supervisory body that monitors the money spent in this regard, and that the government agencies, through their agricultural policy, take into account customs protection to avoid dumping policies and protect farmers to motivate them to increase their production for self-sufficiency which contributes to alleviate the financial burden on the state's budget.