Evaluating the performance efficiency of the forest project in Najaf Governorate

Abstract

The deterioration of the agricultural reality, especially the areas planted with trees, which are called forests, has several different reasons, some of which are natural because of the climate, such as drought and high temperatures, and others related to human behavior towards these areas, such as the excessive cutting of trees and the bulldozing of large areas due to population density, as well as the use of wood in various forms multiple The project is located between the governorates of Najaf and Karbala in the Al-Haidariya district near Al-Amoud 639. The project was implemented by the Directorate of Agriculture in the Al-Najaf Governorate in 2007, where the project was implemented as a first phase on an area of ​​(80) dunams, and then an area of ​​(50) dunams was added to become the total project area (130) acres. From cutting timber in the future, and producing honey through beekeeping, in addition to the possibility of exploiting it from a tourist point of view as a tourist resort in the future, and from a scientific point of view, it can contribute to conducting agricultural scientific research for study students through coordination with Iraqi universities.The project evaluation process was carried out through the use of standards laws and indicators of economic performance efficiency