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The Impact Of The Crisis On The Area, Production, And Productivity Of Major Crops In Syrian Agriculture : A Case Study Of Wheat, Barley, And Cotton

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  • Mohannad ALOBID

    (Károly Ihrig Doctoral School of Management and Business / Institute of Applied Economic and Science, University of Debrecen)

  • Naji ALFARAJ

    (Faculty of Agriculture/Department of Agricultural Economic, Damascus University, Syria)

  • Szűcs ISTVÁN

    (Faculty of Economic and Business/ Institute of Applied Economic and Science, University of Debrecen)

Abstract

In this paper, an attempt has been made to investigate the area, production, and productivity of the main crops in Syrian agriculture before and after the crisis. To this end, the necessary data required for the study has been collected from the Central Bureau of Statistics in Syria, the Ministry of Agriculture in Syria, and the FAO database. The results of the study show that for wheat, barley and cotton, there has been a decrease in the cultivated area during the crisis compared to the period before it (503.706, 123.589, and 131.750 hectares, respectively). Besides, in terms of production, we note that there has been a negative impact of the crisis on wheat, barley, and cotton of 1,327.968, 84.139, 558.677 tons, respectively. Furthermore, as regards productivity, we observe that there has been a negative impact of the crisis on wheat, barley, and cotton of 0.374, 0.134, 1.034 tons/ha, respectively.

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  • Mohannad ALOBID & Naji ALFARAJ & Szűcs ISTVÁN, 2019. "The Impact Of The Crisis On The Area, Production, And Productivity Of Major Crops In Syrian Agriculture : A Case Study Of Wheat, Barley, And Cotton," SEA - Practical Application of Science, Romanian Foundation for Business Intelligence, Editorial Department, issue 21, pages 183-196, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cmj:seapas:y:2019:i:21:p:183-196
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    Keywords

    Area; Production; Productivity; Syrian Crisis Impact;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q13 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Markets and Marketing; Cooperatives; Agribusiness

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