The Syrian Agricultural Sector plays an important role in the national
economy for the sector offers jop opportunities for about 50% of the total
Syrian Labor Forces. Furthermore, the sector Provides foods and clothes for
citizens, raw materials f
or national industry and ameliorates trade balance
deficit.
Cotton is considered one of the social and strategic crop because about 18%
of the total Syrian Labor Forces are engaged in cotton affairs starting from
plantation to consumers. Additionally, cotton is an exporting crop. In this
regard, cotton exporting goods include raw materials, delinted, weaving,
textiles and clothes with values of tenths of billions of Syrian Pounds annually.
- Cotton cultivation comprises about 20% of the annually irrigated areas,
and thus reflecting its relative importance of the Syrian Agriculture. Therefore,
our economical study on cotton includes several aspects such as agricultural,
productivity, trading, social and industrialization. The study is based on official
statistical data, which was been analyzed and discussed in according with
certified scientific principles for such studies.
