Spatial variation in the distribution of poultry farms in Al-Mahmoudiyah District for the year 2023

Abstract

It was found that the total number of fields amounted to (407) fields, while the number of operating fields was (328) fields, while (79) non-operating fields were found, and that all of these fields are owned by the private sector, and the state has a role in supervising them by virtue of the license granted by it for those fields. It is clear that Al-Yusufiyah district occupies the first place in terms of the number of operating fields, which amounted to (156) fields, representing a percentage of (48%), while Al-Latifiyah district came with the lowest number of operating fields, amounting to (45) fields, representing (14%) of the total number of fields in the study area, which amounted to (328) fields. The total production of the study area amounted to (5,528,983) tons/meal of broiler meat.  The administrative units show a disparity in the production of poultry meat, as Al-Yusufiyah district also leads the rest of the districts of the study area through the production of working fields, reaching (2,042,585) tons/meal of production, which constitutes (48.85%) of the district’s production. The reason for this is that the district possesses economic and human components, including the high standard of living of the population and their desire to invest this money in the poultry meat sector due to the high financial return compared to other districts. While Al-Latifiyah district came in last place in terms of production quantity, amounting to (533,300) tons/meal of the district’s total production, at a rate of (12.75%). The reason for its occupation of this rank is that most of the poultry meat production halls are old and dilapidated.  As for the production of non-working fields, Al-Yusufiyah district came in first place as well, as it reached (395,390) tons/meal of the total production, at a rate of (29.48%) of the production of the aforementioned district. The reason for which Al-Yusufiyah district leads the total production quantity is the cultivation of areas of land with fodder crops, which is considered the main food for poultry.