The research aims at investigating the reality of investment of the cultivation of
citrus in Syria during 2007-2011. The study showed that the citrus market in Syria needs to
be organized, and that there is a necessity for having an independent org
anization such as
(Citrus Growers Union) to be responsible, in cooperation with the relevant authorities, for
monitoring the production and marketing of citrus. The study also showed that the
specifications of full market competition apply to the citrus market in Syria, and that there
is a fluctuation in the value of flexibility of supply and demand which indicates the
presence of factors other than the price which affect the supply and demand. The study also
showed a marketing gap which was negative, this led to flooding the market with citrus
reaching (-247.4 thousand tons) in 2007. The investment in citrus achieved a positive
added-value which helped support the gross domestic product (GDP) in Syria, reaching (25
billion Syrian pounds) in 2011.The citrus sector also contributed in creating a balance of
payments; outflows of citrus reaching $140 million.
The research aimed to study the impact of social and economic factors on
consumer spending Syrian family of lamb during the three periods 2003/2004-
2006/2007 -2008/2009 and identify the most important factors affecting the
demand of lamb per-capi
ta during the period 1985-2008. The results showed
that the average monthly household expenditure of lamb affected during
periods of above-mentioned periods by the geographical distribution of
population between rural and urban areas, change the taste and preferences of
the consumer, educational level of the head of the household, the size of family,
monthly family income and profession of the head of household. As it turned
out that spending on lamb was flexible in general, where more than one value
was correct, but it was more flexible in the period 2008/2009 from the two
previous periods. Reaching flexibility spending power in both periods
preceding the value of 1.1, while the 1.6 in the period 2008/2009, and
interpreted the factors studied explained collectively about 73.7% of the
variation in the quantities consumed of the lamb, and the value of the price
elasticity special lamb 1.31, and flexibility Cross 1.29, and 0.39 was the
spending flexibility. It was found that there was a need to provide adequate
amounts of lamb to meet demand and reduce unjustified rise to its price in the
local market and also to pay attention to the poultry sector, which constitutes a
major and a good alternative to lamb.
In order to encourage the intra-agricultural exchange, specially for Fruit &
Vegetable Crops between Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, and to decrease the
exports transportation costs, we will use the transportation model that helps on
determine the quan
tities that should be transported from the surplus region to
the shortage region, which achieve the minimum limited of the place transport
cost for the quantities that transported between three countries.
