Suggested Alternatives to Rainfed Cropping Structures and Their Impact on Improving the Economic Return of Farmers in the First Settlement Area Al-Hasakah Governorate

Abstract

The aim of the research is to suggest a set of alternatives to rainfed cropping structures and determine their impact on improving the economic return of farmers in the first agricultural stability area in the Al-Hasakah Governorate. 58 villages by stratified random sampling method from the villages of the study area, and the sample size was 383 farmers. By reviewing the effect of the crop structure on farmers' incomes in the first rainfed settlement area in Hasaka governorate, alternatives to the crop

structures planted in the first rainfed settlement area were suggested in light of a set of constraints. Where the results showed that the proposed alternatives achieve, when approved, an increase in the average net profit by (65.6, 93.4%) respectively, in addition to investing a larger amount of capital and employing a larger number of workers compared to the port and the scheme. The study recommended the need to expand the cultivation of medicinal crops. And aromatic (cumin, anise and black seed), which achieve a great economic return for the farmer and the possibility of exporting it.