The Impact of Agricultural Production on the Economic Growth and the Reduction of Poverty in Civil and Rural Regions of Iraq

Many agricultural studies have been performed regarding the impact of agricultural production on economic growth and poverty reduction. However, according to the literature, there still exists a problem in providing comprehensive studies that consider the Iraqi case, especially under the current economic situation in the rural and civil regions. Therefore, this paper presents a comprehensive study that analyses the impact of the agricultural production level on the whole country's economy as well as on reducing the poverty in Iraq. The dataset used in this work was collected from one of the most accredited statistics resources in Iraq, which is the Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT). The dataset used was a time-series-based of poverty in 10 random regions in Iraq from the years 2010 to 2019. The results showed that the poverty level is significantly affected by the agricultural sector productions in rural and civil areas in Iraq.