The study aimed at evaluating and studying the economic efficiency of farms fattening
sheep in Homs during the period (2008-2013), where the study was conducted on a sample of
25 farms, the average number of sheep, where about 25 head of Awas, by c
alculating the costs
and revenues, and using some of the economic indicators, where The results showed the
following:The average revenue before the crisis to about 3743138 sp , and during the crisis to
about 690525 sp.The average cost of producing 1 kg of gross weight of the animal for 195 sp
before the crisis , and about 334 sp during the crisis .The average annual net profit before the
crisis to about 427017 sp, and during the crisis to about 543224 sp.The average net profit
margin before the crisis has reached about 38%, and during the crisis, about 24.6%, and
reached average income per unit spending (rate of return simplex) before the crisis about 1.6
/unit spending, and about 1.4 /unit spending during the crisis. The average Profitability
Coefficient for the capital invested by the crisis reached about 106.3%, and about 69.7 %
during the crisis, but for the average coefficient profitability for the pre-crisis production costs
have reached about 61.8%, and 39.5% during the crisis, the average time of the restoration of
the invested capital before the crisis reached about 1.7 years, about 2.8 years during the crisis.
The study also demonstrated an outbreak many of the mistakes common among farmers like to
use the same combination of feed during the grow-out period and the lack of commitment by
giving vaccines and not making Aldrees and silage and fodder buy most of the black market,
which makes farmers vulnerable to the monopoly of the merchants. Which requires urgent
intervention and more effective in order to expand the production of red meat, and to be
covered by the development plans of the state, and work to protect the sheep of the country and
prevent smuggling and to provide support and encouragement necessary for farmers to practice
their profession fattening, especially after the reluctance of some of them for this the
profession during the crisis, and working to educate farmers on the need to use methods of
fattening more economically feasible, and conducting all necessary for the development of this
important productive sector.
