The role of working rural women in developing Iraqi agricultural production

Abstract

 Agriculture is an old cooperative human craft that started with the rural family as a consumer production unit within which household and agricultural functions are intertwined, And doing handicrafts and household products, and perhaps taking the role of head of the family, where it is responsible for managing agricultural work and managing household affairs at the same time. From this importance of the role of rural women, the importance of research became clear in shedding light on how to empower Iraqi rural women to play their role to the fullest extent in developing and developing the agricultural reality in Iraq. The research was based on the analytical approach and the systematic approach to show the role of some factors contributing to the empowerment of rural women in the agricultural sector, The research reached multiple conclusions, the most important of which is that the rural Iraqi woman did not enjoy her real role in the development of the agricultural sector, and that the process of empowering her needs planning and scientific organization studied according to the foundations of human development, which institutions related to agricultural production can contribute to. Effectively by providing what rural women need to develop their agricultural work, equipment and supplies, training and skills development, or cooperation with civil society institutions and organizations to educate them and develop their capabilities to use modern technologies in the agricultural sector and raise community awareness to accept the development of women and participate with men in managing agricultural production. Some of the suggestions that the research referred to in its conclusion as well.