Mosa Marhij ⁽¹⁾* Ibrahim Hamdan Saker ⁽¹⁾ and Fouad Ali Slman ⁽²⁾

(1). Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture Engineering, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria.

(2).Department of Food Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture Engineering, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria.

(*Corresponding author: Mosa Marhij. E-Mail: mosa.marhij@gmail.com ).

Accepted:1/04/2023                    Received:18/05/2023

Abstract: 

The research aimed at the descriptive and quantitative economic analysis of the functions of strawberry production costs under the conditions of protected and open cultivation in Lattakia Governorate, and to determine the volumes achieved for economic efficiency and profit maximization, and the optimal capacity during the agricultural season 2020-2021. Data was collected through a questionnaire form addressed to a random sample. A strawberry grower in Lattakia governorate. Using descriptive analysis, it was found that the production costs of the strawberry crop under the protected cultivation system in Lattakia governorate amounted to about 2,745,831 SP, of which the variable costs accounted for 71.64%, while the production costs of the strawberry crop under open cultivation conditions amounted to about 3,786,819 SP. Of which variable costs accounted for 77.82% of total production costs. And by using the economic models of the cost function, it was estimated and determined the size achieved for economic efficiency, which amounted to about 5188 kg/house and 7536 kg / dunum, and the maximum size of the profit, which amounted to about 5600 kg/house and 6100 kg / dunum, and the optimal capacity of the strawberry crop, which amounted to about 1.35 and 3.617 dunums under conditions protected and open farming in Lattakia governorate, respectively.

Keywords: strawberry, Lattakia, cost functions, descriptive economic analysis, econometric analysis, protected cultivation, open cultivation, economic efficiency.

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