Abstract

The research aimed to identify the extent to which the adoption of economic planning for production contributed to improving the profits of the beekeeping fields in the province of Halabja, by taking a random sample consisting of 30 fields, which represents 15% of the study population. The necessary data and information for the study were collected by means of a questionnaire based on cross-sectional data for the production season 2020. The production function was formulated and estimated using the Cobb Douglas function to determine the most important factors affecting the quantities produced from honey. The research also aimed to find partial economic derivatives and make a decision about the optimal resources combination that maximizes profit. The following results were obtained: 1. The number of beehives, the number of human working days, and years of experience are among the most important factors affecting the production of bee honey, as these factors are responsible for 92% of the changes in the quantities produced.2. The beekeeping fields conduct their business within an increasing return to scale.3. The profit in the beekeeping fields reaches the maximum by choosing the optimal input combination, which is estimated at 160 beehives and 160 working days for the two production inputs, the number of beehives and the number of human working days, respectively.