مجلة جامعة الأنبار للعلوم الإنسانية (Jun 2024)
Problems of agricultural labor in the countryside of Ramadi district and ways of treatment
Abstract
Objectives: Finding radical solutions to it, considering the workforce as the tool implementing all agricultural operations, as well as keeping pace with the development that is taking place in agricultural production because it is considered one of the important economic activities in Anbar Governorate in general and the countryside of Ramadi District in particular. Method: The research relied on the analytical-deductive approach to identify the problems and obstacles that directly affected the agricultural workforce in Ramadi district. Results: An increase in the population of rural families in 2021 in the provinces that own large and spacious agricultural lands, where they witnessed stability on both sides of the Euphrates River due to the environmental conditions and fertile soil in the study area, in addition to the available community services. An increase in the agricultural labor force for the youth group in the provinces with large areas. And the large ones for agriculture, as they are the breadwinners for the two groups of less than (15) young people, and those older than (65) of the elderly group. Conclusion: The agricultural labor force is of great importance and strong connection in agricultural operations and the production of crops such as vegetables, while the importance of the agricultural labor force in grain crops decreases due to the use of agricultural mechanization in managing its agricultural operations
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