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.
The study is based on the cost of milk and marketing margins in dairy
farms in Jordan and estimated cost function. This study is based on a cross
section data from 33 dairy farms. In the study it was determined that the cost of
raw milk production
in dairy farms is 0.43 JD/ Kg. and the most important cost
factors are feed cost, depreciation contributing 64%, 19%, respectively of total
production cost. It was found that marketing margins of milk were 77%,
econometric estimation of raw milk function using different forms showed that
the linear model is superior to the other forms. The elasticity of the estimated
cost function is found to be 0.20.
