The economic impacts of the post-harvest losses of tangerines and Seville oranges crops in Iraq (Baghdad Governorate: As a case study)
Zuhal R. Kadhim
, S. H. Ali, Shayma A. AL-Rubaye
Abstract: This study aims to calculate the percentage of loss and its causes of the horticultural crops tangerines and Seville oranges in Baghdad governorate for the 2020 agricultural season and estimate the economic impacts of losses both crops tangerines and Seville oranges at the study samples level. The research followed both methods descriptive and the quantitative mathematical in estimating the loss of horticultural crops from tangerines and Seville oranges trees and calculating the economic impact of this loss. The results showed that the percentage of losses of tangerines and Seville oranges crops on the level of wholesalers was about 12% and 13% respectively; causing economic losses estimated at about 3184.41 Euro. The results also displayed that the rate of total cash losses, average total lost areas, average wasted water, and average wasted fertilizers, at the level of plantation owner were estimated at 234.8 Euro, 2.9 ha, 17469.6 m3 and 580 kg for each of them, respectively. In light of these results, it is necessary to identify the most important factors that reduce or limit agricultural waste for achieving the dominant strategic goal of food security.
Keywords: Food Security; Horticultural crops; Iraq; Post-Harvesting losses
Citation: Kadhim, Z. R., Ali, S. H. & AL-Rubaye, S. A. (2025). The economic impacts of the post-harvest losses of tangerines and Seville oranges crops in Iraq (Baghdad Governorate: As a case study). Bulg. J. Agric. Sci., 31 (2), 237–244.
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