Salam Ibrahim(1)*, Wael Habib(1) ,Atie Arab(1) and Ibrahim Abdulla(2)
(1). Center of Scientific Agricultural Research, Lattakia, Syria.
(2). Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Hama University.
( *Corresponding author: Dr.Salam Ibrahim; Email : Salamibra2@gmail.com).
Received: 1/10/2023 Accepted: 23/01/2024
Abstract:
The study was conducted in 2021, included 30 silkworm breeders in Lattakia ,Tartous, and Hama governorates, and the study aimed to clarify the economic and social importance of the project of mulberry silkworm rearing and natural silk production at the level of producing families in Syria, and to determine the most important problems facing silk breeders and workers in this field. The Data were analyzed using descriptive and quantitative analysis methods, in order to classified The producing families and determined their economic characteristics. The results showed that The role of women was considered to be major in the silkworm rearing activity with a participation rate of 62.9%. The results also showed that the sericulture project is one of the successful and acceptable projects according to investment and economic efficiency scales, the net profit was 9574 SYP per kilogram of cocoons , and it increased to 232017 SYP per kilogram of silk threads. The total economic efficiency index was 2.8 points for producing cocoons, and increased to 4.4 points for producing silk threads, which explains the preference for the production of silk threads compared to the production of cocoons. The results also showed that breeders face numerous problems and difficulties, including a lack of official interest in supporting and organizing sericulture activities, marketing difficulties, and a shortage of sufficient labor.
Key words: Mulberry silkworm, natural silk, economic efficiency
Full paper in Arabic: PDF