Agriculture in Syria : Towards the Social Market

There are many reasons to believe that Syrian agriculture has great potential for the future. The liberalisation of agriculture in Eastern Europe delivered rapid growth in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Countries such as Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belar...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Policy Note
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CREDIT ADULTHOOD AGRARIAN REFORM AGRICULTURAL AREAS AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE AGRICULTURAL CREDIT AGRICULTURAL CREDIT BANK AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL FIELD AGRICULTURAL GOODS AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL INCOMES AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AGRICULTURAL POLICIES AGRICULTURAL POLICY AGRICULTURAL PRICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL SECTORS AGRICULTURAL TRADE AGRICULTURAL WATER USE AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION ALMONDS APPLES AQUIFER DEPLETION ARABLE LAND AVERAGE PRICE BARLEY BLACK MARKET CENTRAL PLANNING CEREALS CHICKPEAS CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS COMMERCE COMMERCIAL BANK COMMODITIES COMMODITY PRICE COMMODITY PRICE SUPPORT COMMODITY PRICES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE PRODUCTS COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER PRICE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMER PRICES CONSUMERS COST INCREASE COTTON COTTON MARKETING COTTON PRICE CROP CROP DIVERSIFICATION CROP PRICE SUPPORT CROPPING CROPS CULTIVATED LAND DAMAGES DEBT DEMAND GROWTH DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKETS DURUM WHEAT ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ECONOMIC LOSS ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EFFICIENT MARKET EGGS EQUIPMENT EXCHANGE RATES EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXPORTS EXTENSION EXTENSION AGENTS EXTENSION SERVICES FAIR FAO FARM FARM INCOME FARM INCOMES FARM PRODUCTS FARMER FARMERS FARMING FARMING SYSTEMS FARMS FEED FIELD CROPS FINANCIAL SECTOR FOOD SECURITY FOOD SUPPLY FOREIGN COMPETITION FORESTS FREE MARKET FREE TRADE FRESH FRUIT FRUITS GDP GDP PER CAPITA GENETIC RESEARCH GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY GRAIN GROSS VALUE GROUNDWATER GROWTH POTENTIAL GROWTH RATE HARVEST HERDERS HUMAN CAPITAL ICARDA IFPRI IMPACT ASSESSMENT IMPORTS OF MEAT INCREASING RETURNS INEFFICIENCY INFLATION INHERITANCE INTEREST RATE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRRIGATION LAND PRODUCTIVITY LAND REFORM LANDS LENTILS LIVELIHOODS LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS LIVESTOCK RESEARCH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/06/10282350/syria-agriculture-syria-towards-social-market http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16099

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spelling	okr-10986-160992021-04-23T14:03:22Z Agriculture in Syria : Towards the Social Market World Bank ACCESS TO CREDIT ADULTHOOD AGRARIAN REFORM AGRICULTURAL AREAS AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE AGRICULTURAL CREDIT AGRICULTURAL CREDIT BANK AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL FIELD AGRICULTURAL GOODS AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL INCOMES AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AGRICULTURAL POLICIES AGRICULTURAL POLICY AGRICULTURAL PRICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL SECTORS AGRICULTURAL TRADE AGRICULTURAL WATER USE AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION ALMONDS APPLES AQUIFER DEPLETION ARABLE LAND AVERAGE PRICE BARLEY BLACK MARKET CENTRAL PLANNING CEREALS CHICKPEAS CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS COMMERCE COMMERCIAL BANK COMMODITIES COMMODITY PRICE COMMODITY PRICE SUPPORT COMMODITY PRICES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE PRODUCTS COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER PRICE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMER PRICES CONSUMERS COST INCREASE COTTON COTTON MARKETING COTTON PRICE CROP CROP DIVERSIFICATION CROP PRICE SUPPORT CROPPING CROPS CULTIVATED LAND DAMAGES DEBT DEMAND GROWTH DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKETS DURUM WHEAT ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ECONOMIC LOSS ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EFFICIENT MARKET EGGS EQUIPMENT EXCHANGE RATES EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXPORTS EXTENSION EXTENSION AGENTS EXTENSION SERVICES FAIR FAO FARM FARM INCOME FARM INCOMES FARM PRODUCTS FARMER FARMERS FARMING FARMING SYSTEMS FARMS FEED FIELD CROPS FINANCIAL SECTOR FOOD SECURITY FOOD SUPPLY FOREIGN COMPETITION FORESTS FREE MARKET FREE TRADE FRESH FRUIT FRUITS GDP GDP PER CAPITA GENETIC RESEARCH GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY GRAIN GROSS VALUE GROUNDWATER GROWTH POTENTIAL GROWTH RATE HARVEST HERDERS HUMAN CAPITAL ICARDA IFPRI IMPACT ASSESSMENT IMPORTS OF MEAT INCREASING RETURNS INEFFICIENCY INFLATION INHERITANCE INTEREST RATE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRRIGATION LAND PRODUCTIVITY LAND REFORM LANDS LENTILS LIVELIHOODS LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS LIVESTOCK RESEARCH There are many reasons to believe that Syrian agriculture has great potential for the future. The liberalisation of agriculture in Eastern Europe delivered rapid growth in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Countries such as Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Hungary, Kazachstan, Romania and Russia achieved labour productivity growth in constant US$ terms of over 7 percent between 1998 and 2004. Syria has a global comparative advantage in fruit and vegetables. It also has access to high-value markets in the Gulf Co-operation Council, Iraq and the European Union (EU). This report makes suggestions for further small and safe policy adjustments on the road to the social market. A criterion for identifying the options below is that they should not impose significant welfare losses on any target group. Changes that empower the farmer and the private trader are preferred. 2013-10-07T16:39:23Z 2013-10-07T16:39:23Z 2008-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/06/10282350/syria-agriculture-syria-towards-social-market http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16099 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Economic & Sector Work Middle East and North Africa Syrian Arab Republic
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topic	ACCESS TO CREDIT ADULTHOOD AGRARIAN REFORM AGRICULTURAL AREAS AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE AGRICULTURAL CREDIT AGRICULTURAL CREDIT BANK AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL FIELD AGRICULTURAL GOODS AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL INCOMES AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AGRICULTURAL POLICIES AGRICULTURAL POLICY AGRICULTURAL PRICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL SECTORS AGRICULTURAL TRADE AGRICULTURAL WATER USE AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION ALMONDS APPLES AQUIFER DEPLETION ARABLE LAND AVERAGE PRICE BARLEY BLACK MARKET CENTRAL PLANNING CEREALS CHICKPEAS CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS COMMERCE COMMERCIAL BANK COMMODITIES COMMODITY PRICE COMMODITY PRICE SUPPORT COMMODITY PRICES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE PRODUCTS COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER PRICE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMER PRICES CONSUMERS COST INCREASE COTTON COTTON MARKETING COTTON PRICE CROP CROP DIVERSIFICATION CROP PRICE SUPPORT CROPPING CROPS CULTIVATED LAND DAMAGES DEBT DEMAND GROWTH DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKETS DURUM WHEAT ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ECONOMIC LOSS ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EFFICIENT MARKET EGGS EQUIPMENT EXCHANGE RATES EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXPORTS EXTENSION EXTENSION AGENTS EXTENSION SERVICES FAIR FAO FARM FARM INCOME FARM INCOMES FARM PRODUCTS FARMER FARMERS FARMING FARMING SYSTEMS FARMS FEED FIELD CROPS FINANCIAL SECTOR FOOD SECURITY FOOD SUPPLY FOREIGN COMPETITION FORESTS FREE MARKET FREE TRADE FRESH FRUIT FRUITS GDP GDP PER CAPITA GENETIC RESEARCH GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY GRAIN GROSS VALUE GROUNDWATER GROWTH POTENTIAL GROWTH RATE HARVEST HERDERS HUMAN CAPITAL ICARDA IFPRI IMPACT ASSESSMENT IMPORTS OF MEAT INCREASING RETURNS INEFFICIENCY INFLATION INHERITANCE INTEREST RATE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRRIGATION LAND PRODUCTIVITY LAND REFORM LANDS LENTILS LIVELIHOODS LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS LIVESTOCK RESEARCH
spellingShingle	ACCESS TO CREDIT ADULTHOOD AGRARIAN REFORM AGRICULTURAL AREAS AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE AGRICULTURAL CREDIT AGRICULTURAL CREDIT BANK AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL FIELD AGRICULTURAL GOODS AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL INCOMES AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AGRICULTURAL POLICIES AGRICULTURAL POLICY AGRICULTURAL PRICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL SECTORS AGRICULTURAL TRADE AGRICULTURAL WATER USE AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION ALMONDS APPLES AQUIFER DEPLETION ARABLE LAND AVERAGE PRICE BARLEY BLACK MARKET CENTRAL PLANNING CEREALS CHICKPEAS CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS COMMERCE COMMERCIAL BANK COMMODITIES COMMODITY PRICE COMMODITY PRICE SUPPORT COMMODITY PRICES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE PRODUCTS COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER PRICE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMER PRICES CONSUMERS COST INCREASE COTTON COTTON MARKETING COTTON PRICE CROP CROP DIVERSIFICATION CROP PRICE SUPPORT CROPPING CROPS CULTIVATED LAND DAMAGES DEBT DEMAND GROWTH DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKETS DURUM WHEAT ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ECONOMIC LOSS ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EFFICIENT MARKET EGGS EQUIPMENT EXCHANGE RATES EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXPORTS EXTENSION EXTENSION AGENTS EXTENSION SERVICES FAIR FAO FARM FARM INCOME FARM INCOMES FARM PRODUCTS FARMER FARMERS FARMING FARMING SYSTEMS FARMS FEED FIELD CROPS FINANCIAL SECTOR FOOD SECURITY FOOD SUPPLY FOREIGN COMPETITION FORESTS FREE MARKET FREE TRADE FRESH FRUIT FRUITS GDP GDP PER CAPITA GENETIC RESEARCH GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY GRAIN GROSS VALUE GROUNDWATER GROWTH POTENTIAL GROWTH RATE HARVEST HERDERS HUMAN CAPITAL ICARDA IFPRI IMPACT ASSESSMENT IMPORTS OF MEAT INCREASING RETURNS INEFFICIENCY INFLATION INHERITANCE INTEREST RATE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRRIGATION LAND PRODUCTIVITY LAND REFORM LANDS LENTILS LIVELIHOODS LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS LIVESTOCK RESEARCH World Bank Agriculture in Syria : Towards the Social Market
geographic_facet	Middle East and North Africa Syrian Arab Republic
description	There are many reasons to believe that Syrian agriculture has great potential for the future. The liberalisation of agriculture in Eastern Europe delivered rapid growth in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Countries such as Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Hungary, Kazachstan, Romania and Russia achieved labour productivity growth in constant US$ terms of over 7 percent between 1998 and 2004. Syria has a global comparative advantage in fruit and vegetables. It also has access to high-value markets in the Gulf Co-operation Council, Iraq and the European Union (EU). This report makes suggestions for further small and safe policy adjustments on the road to the social market. A criterion for identifying the options below is that they should not impose significant welfare losses on any target group. Changes that empower the farmer and the private trader are preferred.
format	Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note
author	World Bank
author_facet	World Bank
author_sort	World Bank
title	Agriculture in Syria : Towards the Social Market
title_short	Agriculture in Syria : Towards the Social Market
title_full	Agriculture in Syria : Towards the Social Market
title_fullStr	Agriculture in Syria : Towards the Social Market
title_full_unstemmed	Agriculture in Syria : Towards the Social Market
title_sort	agriculture in syria : towards the social market
publisher	Washington, DC
publishDate	2013
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/06/10282350/syria-agriculture-syria-towards-social-market http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16099
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Agriculture in Syria : Towards the Social Market

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