Abstract
The main aim that of this work is to determine the time path and developing for area, crops and production of the cash crops in Iraq, mainly cotton in Nineveh. The study also aims at determining agricultural break–even point that is one of the most important criteria of economic feasibility for agricultural projects that separate between the lose and the profitable production size. Field data, collected through a questionnaire form, were used. The questionnaire included the cotton farming process. A random sample consisting of 15% of the study population, consisting of 100 farmers from all over Nineveh, was included. Results showed that financial break–even point for each donum is 110 US$ according to 2005 prices. Cotton farmers should produce 391 kg/donum as a minimum to cover the costs of each donum in order to make pure profit. The mean donum productivity was 619 kg/donum. This means that the farmers profit is 228 kg/donum of cotton.
