This research studies the subject of the agricultural subsidies and
how the change in it effect on the Syrian economy sectors in
general , especially on the agriculture sector to determine suitable
policies . It achieves this target by building so
cial accounting
matrix for the year 2009 and analyzes its multipliers according to
the increasing in agricultural subsidies . This research shows this
increase has negative impact on the Syrian economy so the total
output, production factors and economic agents incomes will be
decreased .
Apple plays a substantial role in both income generation and job
creation has shown an increase in export volume. Therefore ,
a study was conducted in the Governorate of Homs on apple ,
( 16 ) Villages that are well known for the growing of apple
fruits
were chosen by random sample method through season
2012 – 2013 for Study of economic indicators of irrigated and
rain fed apple in Governorate of Homs.
Study used Agricultural policy analysis matrix to define the impact
of economic policies applied on the farm budget of apple , to this
end the criteria of nominal and actual protection , profitability , and
farmers subsidies were used , and the criteria that measures the
comparative advantage is domestic resources cost .
The conclusions of the study reveal as follow :
- For fresh irrigated apple in governorate of Homs : production of
apple are feasible under private and social conditions , the value
of social revenues is greater than the value of private revenues
this means the government is taxing producers , there is finance
support by the government for this product , the effect of all
policies on prices of inputs and outputs are advantage of
producers , and there is comparative advantage to product fresh
irrigated apple in governorate of Homs because Domestic
Resource Cost ( DRC = 0.91 ) was less than one .
- For fresh rain fed apple in governorate of Homs : production of
apple are feasible under private and social conditions , there is
finance support by the government for this product , the
government is taxing domestic resources , the effect of all policies
on prices of inputs and outputs are advantage of producers , and
there is comparative advantage to product fresh rain fed apple in
governorate of Homs .
Finally , we showed appropriate recommendations to improve
Domestic Resources Cost and thus improve the Relative
advantage and competitiveness of irrigated and rain fed apple ,
whereat it included ways for the improvement of the Relative
advantage and competitiveness during the production process and internal and external marketing .
This research aims to identify the reality of food security in Syria between the years 2006- 2010. The most important crops in Syria are grain crops, occupying 64.18% of the area of cultivated land. Wheat is the most important grain; it had product
ion growth rate of 2.24% between the years 2000- 2010. This is higher than wheat production growth rate not only in the Arab world but in the whole world. This production rate allowed Syria to achieve self-sufficiency in wheat 119.4%, potatoes 110.5%, legumes 168%, fruits 102.7, vegetables 146.9%, in addition to other products. The average per capita in Syria is 345.16 kg of grain per person which is greater than that in the Arab world by 36.17 kg. The value of food gap in Syria increased from 42.5 million dollars in 2006 to 1412.23 million dollars in 2010. This was due to the increase of grain food gap which reached 976.32 million dollars. It was still, however, within reasonable limits. The indicators of access to food in Syria were positive as the index of average individual share of local production per capita was higher than the index of food prices in 2007, 2008, and 2010. The true growth of individual share of local products per capita was positive in 2006 reaching 9.18%, but it shrank to 3.7% in 2010.
The research aimed at estimating the optimum size of
autumn potato farms in Al-Qusir district-Homs province. A simple
randomized sample of 192 farmers has been taken from five
different villages. The sampled farms were divided into four
classes b
ased on size.
The results showed that the production, return, net return
and the net profit of 1 SYP/ Donnum were increased along with
size of the farm .By using one way Anova, The analysis showed
that there were statistically significant differences among the size
of farms based on the above-mentioned measures.
This research aimed to study some economic and marketing indicators
to evaluate dairy products in small workshop in Homs governorate in 2010.
Gross data of 68 samples of small –scale milk processors, 58 samples of
retailers and 7 samples of wholes
alers buyers were used. Results indicated that
the cost of Almichelle cheese manufacturing was the highest among the
products, while the least was for diluted yoghurt. The analysis results also
indicated that, for margins the processor was the highest for Alhalom،
Almichelle while retailers achieved the highest marketing margin for other
products. Net return indicators showed that retailers achieved the highest for
Albaladi and Labneh production while the processors achieved the highest net
return for other products. The study concluded the need to focus on products
that generate higher profit rate, manufacturing of a new low-cost products,
reduce marketing parties and develop efficient information systems.
The research aimed to estimate the total cost, medium and marginal
cost, volumes and economic optimization production of rain feed lentil in the
first zone of Aleppo governorate using econometric models. Linear regression
analysis of a single equa
tion was applied to explain the relationship between
amount of production as an independent variable and the value of production
costs as the dependent variable.
This study aimed to identify the most important factors affecting dates
production, in Wadi al Shati, Libya by estimating indicators of economic
efficiency of the resources used to measure the impact of each of the
components used in date producti
on. The field study indicated that the most
important productive inputs affecting significantly crop production (dates)
were number of trees, the quantity of fertilizer, water quantity and the number
of employment and expertise at different moral levlss. This has proven to be a
significant variables at different moral levels. The results also showed that the
elasticities of Wadi al Shati villages and the beach were positive and operating
in the first phase of increased production to reach about 0.847 and reflect the
return of diminishing capacity.
The study aimedat identifying the role of farmers field school ( FFSs) in Jablah, and
the characteristics of their participant, their opinions, their productivity, and the difficulties
they suffer from.
To achieve the objective of this study , dat
a was collected through random sample ,
its size is (75) participant farmers in five field schools,by questionnaireby the personal
interview method , the process of data collection was started in 15/5/2013 and completed
in 15/8/2013.
The results showed that 92 % of farmers wish to continue in FFSs, and all of them
indicated that the more activities of (FFSs) is to analyze the ecosystem,and 43,5%of them
refer that the suitable location is the most important conditions essential to choose the
field of experience .
The productivity of citrus participantfarmers in the field schools is more than 5 tons
/acres ( 59,3% ), and The productivity of tomato farmersranging between 8 - 12 tons /acres
( 76,6% ).
This research was conducted in Lattakia province during the year 2012 first, to
identify the current status of the production residues and agro-processing materials in the
province and, second, to introduce modern methods of taking advantage of the
m and
raising their nutritional value.
Results showed that, the most agricultural residues are not optimally used, instead,
they were disposed and accumulated causing substantial losses and environmental
pollution.
Results showed that, the investment average ratio of legume, vegetables, cereals, and
fruit trees were 75%, 65%, 60% and 40% consensually
This research conclusion shows that, the optimal use of barley residue is a source of
cheap protein units that are necessary for animals feeds; where the cost per unit of digested
protein resulting from urea treated hays amounts to 0.5 S.Y.P. This amount represents one
fifth of the cost of protein unit from barley.
Also, the use of wheat straw in the cultivation of oyster mushrooms achieve
significant economic results, the net profit resulting from the cultivation area of 10 m2 of
oyster mushrooms using 30 kg of wheat straw was about 81000 S.P.
In addition to that, the research results show the importance of agricultural waste in
biogas production and the resulting compost, which in turn has achieved excellent results
when fertilizing crops with it. The increase in the yield of maize, wheat, faba bean and
vegetables were 35.7%, 12.5%. 6.6% and 14.1-20.6% consensually.
The research aims to identify the reality of food in Syria during the 2011-2012 period
and compared to the situation before the crisis (2008-2010). The study showed that the
total cultivated area in Syria during the crisis amounted to about 4479 th
ousand hectares,
and the total lack of 323 thousand hectares from the pre-crisis period, as well as the
decreasing size of the vegetation of agricultural production during the same period
increased by 3081.2 thousand tons to score 11021.5 thousand tons, However, the
availability of vegetarian food and animal size increased overall during the period of crisis
by 923.7 thousand tons to score 18704.1 thousand tons, With regard to per capita food
shortage has been during the crisis period by 8 kg to score 864.8 kg while it was before the
crisis 872.8 kg, With regard to the value of the food gap turned out to be increased during
the crisis by 640.5 million dollars to up to 1727.2 million dollars,. And finally the study
showed that the demand for food will increase in Syria during the period 2016-2020, as
will 22832.5 thousand tons in 2020, so the size of the domestic production of Syria, to be
achieved in 2020 will be 18170.8 thousand tons.
