Download The State of Food and Agriculture In Syria (SOFAS)

The State of Food and Agriculture
In Syria (SOFAS)
2005
By
Samir Jrad
Agro-Food Division
Introduction
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Periodical biennial report
Second edition of SOFAS
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First edition in 2003
Covers three years
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Objectives
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Providing comprehensive information
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Beneficiaries
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Relevant to agricultural development
Useful for debating and enhancing agricultural plans
and policies
Useful for offering an updated review of agricultural
issues
Researchers, policy makers and stakeholders
Presenting selected policy issues
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Parts of the Report
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Part I
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Reviews the performance and presents the state of
the agricultural sector
Six chapters
Part II
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Presents selected comparative advantages studies
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Cotton, wheat, olive oil, tomato, orange, and livestock
selected commodity chains
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Part I- Chapter 1
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Climatic conditions and natural resources
Natural resources
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Land resources
Water resources
Forestry
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Part I- Chapter 2
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Agriculture in the national economy
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Contribution to GDP, employment and trade
Agricultural investments
Labor productivity and income
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Part I- Chapter 3
Policies Affecting Agriculture
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General policies
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Policies specific to agriculture
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Exchange rate, Monetary and credit, Fiscal,
Marketing and trade, Trade agreements
Imports and credit, Price and marketing,
Agricultural trade
Agricultural support services
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Research, Extension
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Part I- Chapter 4
Agricultural Production
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Evolution of agricultural production
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Analysis of agricultural production
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Crop production, Animal production
Index analysis (Area, yield, price)
Comparison of the averages of two periods
Comparison between two years (Base, Current)
Analysis of the evolution of selected major
commodities
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Plant and animal products (Wheat, Cotton, Red meat,
Poultry)
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Part I- Chapter 5
Agro-Food Industry
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Public
Private
Joint-Ventures
Export
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Part I- Chapter 6
Food Availability and Food Consumption
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Total availabilities and availability per capita
Contribution of food trade to food supply
Food consumption
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International benchmarks
Acquisition of food
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Effects of prices, income and farm size
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Problems encountered
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Lack of data: Only for output
Initial underestimation of time, quality
and coordination constraints
English ability
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Expected Improvements
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Using more international benchmarks
Improving chapter 1 on natural resources (Land,
Water and Forestry)
Improving chapter 2 on agricultural investments
Improving chapter 3
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Concentrating more on policy changes and impacts
Measuring the impact of some policies by using models
and index analysis
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Expected Improvements
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Improving chapter 4
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Considering the entire commodity system
Measuring the impact of changes and policies
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Models, Index analysis, Commodity chains
Conducting analysis concerning the input and output
side of the market and their interaction
Improving chapter 6
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Nutritional and calories intake analysis
Supply and demand analysis
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Tools and Needs
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Tools to be used
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Commodity chains (Commodity outlook)
Supply and demand analysis
Index analysis
Needs
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More advanced training especially concerning
supply and demand analysis
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