Syrian Agriculture at the Crossroads

Download or read book Syrian Agriculture at the Crossroads written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Policy Assistance Division and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication reviews past and current agricultural policies in the Syrian Arab Republic. Issues discussed include: the contribution of the agriculture sector to the national economy, the economics of the main subsectors in agriculture, government planning in relation to key crops and subsectors, processing and marketing, particularly with regards to the dairy and horticulture subsectors, structural and institutional factors determining the availability and use patterns of the production factors, the diversity of agriculture producers, land tenure and labour relations, irrigation water policies, credit supply and distribution systems.