The research aims to estimate the marketing efficiency of rain-fed cumin crop in Malikya
area (Al-Hassaka governorate),this in order to reach the estimation of the total costs of marketing
functions, medium and marginal costs, and estimate the econ
omic volumes of marketed quantities
of cumin. This study main problem lies in the search for high marketing costs of latency. Find
carried out based on cross-sectional data, that were collected from a random sample of some cumin
farmers and traders in Malikya area (88 farmers from 24 villages, and 12 trader cumin), And
adopted in the implementation of research analysis method rebound with a single equation, to
explain the relationship between marketed quantities of cumin as an independent variable, and the
value of its marketing costs as the dependent variable. Results of the analysis showed that the value
of the coefficient of determination (R Square) amounted to 0.841, and this means that the quantity
of marketed cumin explain 84.1% of the changes in the marketing costs of cumin, The results of
econometric analysis also showed the presence of deviations between marketed quantities of
cumin, and the size of optimal marketed quantities due to higher overall marketing costs, medium
costs, and marginal costs for the quantities marketed, means increased current cost of marketing for
one kilogram of cumin, from those achieved for marketing efficient g by (2.1) SP / kg,
furthermore, the application results of equations, measuring marketing efficiency (which relied on
total production costs, the current cost of marketing the crop cumin, and the selling price per
kilogram of it) showed that, the value of marketing efficiency amounted to about 88.29% and
50.53% depending on the indices marketing efficiency (equations 1 and 2 ) respectively , While the
value of marketing efficiency (which relied on total production costs, and the optimum marking
cost of the cumin, and the selling price per kilogram of it), about 90.54% and 52.73% depending on
the indices marketing efficiency (equations 1 and 2), respectively, The research found a set of
recommendations, such as establishing a marketing institution that oversees the operations of sale
and marketing of medicinal and aromatic plants Group, and market surveillance in order to prevent
monopoly, and improve the performance of marketing functions that traders provide when
marketing of medicinal and aromatic products that, in order to reduce the costs of marketing, and
delivery to consumers at the best prices.
A research was conducted in the northern and western area of Homs province
using four methods of tillage namely; Surface Disk ploughing, Turning Ploughing,
Standard Disk Ploughing, and Chisel
Ploughing. The prepared soil resulted of this research was planted
with cumin) Cuminum cyminum L.).
The identification of the cumin oil composition was determined
qualitatively and quantitatively by GC, using standard compounds.
The components of the cumin seed oil (Cuminaldehyde, p-cymen
and β-penine) were matched with the standard compounds.
The factors effect on some components of cumin seed volatile oil
were studied.
The effects of time and temperature on the cumin seeds
components were studied, the results have been shown that the total
oil and volatile oil and its main components decreases with the
passing of time and with the increasing of temperature.
This study was carried out during the growing season of 2015
to study effect od three planting date (1 Feb., 15 Feb. and 1
March) and four levels of nitrogen fertilization (0, 40, 60 and 80
kg/Ha) with interactive effect between them on some yield
components of cumin.
The seeds of Syrian cumin and Brown mustard used for human
nutrition were analyzed in this study to determine some of their
major chemical constituents and minerals.
The results showed that the contents of cumin and mustard seeds
were protein , l
ipids,
phospholipids , ash respectively.
Mineral contents were phosphorus, ,calcium , Magnesium , potassium , and iron for cumin and
mustard seeds respectively.
The experiment was carried out at the research stations of Salo in Deir-
Azzor agricultural research center and Tel Sandal in Idlib agricultural
research center. Land plots infected previously with sesame wilt disease,
Macrophomina phaseolina (Tas
si) Goid, and Fusarium oxysporum Schlecht
were cultivated for two growing seasons (2007 and 2008) with medicinal
species such as, Cumin (Cuminum-sativum), Black seed (Nigella sativa L.) and
Fenugreek (Trigonella foeniculum L.) and another infected plot was left blank
as a control plot. Zuri, a local sesame variety, was cultivated in all plots for two
growing seasons (2008 and 2009).
Results showed that the control plots had the highest percentage of infected
sesame plants compared to the lowest percentage found in those plots that had
been cultivatd previously with Black seed, Cumin, and Fenugreek. Plots
cultivated previously with Black seed gave the highest sesame yield and
followed by those plots of Cumin. The The average percentage of germination
of sesame, as a phenological growth indicator, was increased in those plots
planted before with Cumin and the average number of capsules per plant was
increased at both locations by 36.75 capsules after Black seed in comparison
with the control.
