Ismail  Omran ^(1)*

(1). Directorate of agriculture and Agrarian   reform, Lattakia, ministry of agriculture and agrarian reform, Syria.         

(*Corresponding author: Dr. Ismail  Omran Email: Ismail.omran86@gmail.com) .                                           

Received:31/03/2023                     Accepted:26/07/2023

Abstract: 

The research aimed to evaluate The agricultural policy for The yellow maize crop in Syria using the policy  analysis matrix (pam) and to identify the price policies adopted by the state whether it was a policy of support or imposing taxes on the producers of the yellow corn crop. To achieve this the study relied on secondary data for the year 2020 and issued by the ministry of agriculture and agrarian reform in Syria, the descriptive analytical approach was used in order to introduce the policy analysis matrix (pam). The results of the research showed that the yellow maize production system is considered competitive, and the applied agricultural price policy had positive effects on the revenues, as the revenues at local prices were higher than their counterparts at economic price. Yellow  corn, and a profit for the farmer, through the state bearing additional costs to protect and support producers, and therefore the research recommended the need to continue to support the requirements of yellow corn production and to provide high-yielding seeds at reasonable price for farmers, and to study international prices of crops periodically for guidance when setting prices for crops local.

Keywords: producer support coefficient, nominal protection coefficient, Domestic resource cost coefficient, comparative advantage, policy analysis matrix(pam).

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