This study was carried out in Lattakia province/ Syria during the 2012 season, in
order to recognize the current situation of milk marketing and detect the problems and the
obstacles that facing it in Lattakia.
The area of study included four regi
ons (latakia-Alhaffa- ALqurdaha and
Jableh)where couple of villages in each region was studied, and the raiser were divided
into categories regarding to the number of their cows. A specific questionnaires were
distributed on the keepers included the following questions: farm location, holding size, the
quantity of production, production costs, manufacturing costs (if present), packaging and
transport costs, the marketing chain for milk, the marketing costs, the marketing margin
and problems faced by the raiser.
