قياس اثر الضائعات المائية في الزراعة المروية على شحة المياه في العراق للموسم الزراعي 2009

Abstract

            The Water scarcity became one of the most important challenges that facing Iraq. Water losses in Irrigated Agriculture consider one of important influences in water scarcity. This study is an economical analyzing shows that water losses amount in Irrigated Agriculture in Iraq in 2009 was (14) milliard cubic meter for whole crops , and loosing each one milliard cubic meter of water leads to driving out (349) thousand donum from  Irrigated Agricultural lands that can be planting and by then leading to decrease production of agricultural crops . That amount of lands can be plants by losses water in 2009 reached to (4886)) thousand donum . The biggest losses were in cereal crops (especially wheat) in 2009 .where as the lowest losses were in winter crops. This study recommended that should be obligate the farmers with (water rations), complementary irrigation and pricing of irrigation water.the study suggested several of treatments to reduce from water losses