Yasmeen Gandour(1)*, Ghassan Yacoub(1) and Ghassan Baddor (1)
(1). Dep. Agricultural Economics., Fac. Agric., Tishreen Univ., Lattakia, Syria..
(*corresponding author: Yasmeen Gandour, E-Mail: Yasmina gandour777@gmail.com).
Received:21/04/2023 Accepted:12/06/2023
Abstract:
The aim of the research is to identify the most important factors affecting the demand for citrus crop in Syria, and to estimate the demand function for it. Analytical, with the aim of presenting and organizing the data, and then analyzing it using some appropriate statistical indicators and programs such as SPSS. The results of the research showed that the production of citrus in Syria is sufficient to meet the need of local demand despite its fluctuation as a result of the crises and disasters that the country suffered during the previous years. 0.04- This means that an increase in the price of citrus by one unit leads to a decrease in the quantity demanded by 0.04, and this is consistent with economic theory, just as the relationship between the citrus crop and the banana crop is a reciprocal relationship because the value of the cross elasticity coefficient is 0.007 and its sign is positive, and this means that when the price of banana decreases, it decreases demand for citrus crops, In addition to the presence of a direct relationship between the per capita income and the required quantities of citrus, where the sign of the income elasticity of demand coefficient was positive and its value is 0.1, meaning that when the income increases by one unit, the demand increases by 0.1
Keywords: citrus yield, economic estimation, demand function, demand elasticities
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