Sedra Murad^(1)*, Abdel Ghani Abdel Latif⁽²⁾, Bashar Nenneh⁽²⁾

 .(1)Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria.

(*Corresponding author: Sidra Murad, Email: sidramurad227@gmail.com).

Received:9/02/2024            Accepted: 1/04/2024

Abstract: 

The research aimed to conduct an economic and descriptive analysis of the cultivation and production of Tomatoes crop using solar energy and comparing it with the traditional method, as energy sources used in pumping irrigation water, The research was conducted in 2023 in Aleppo Governorate (Al-Safira, Deir Hafer, Maskana), the number of respondents reached (86) respondents, the descriptive economic analysis method of the most important indicators of farm income and indicators of the efficiency of the use of variable, fixed, and total productive balances in the production process was used to conduct the research, The economic and commercial efficiency using solar energy was about (7.85) and (8.93), respectively, while using conventional energy reached about (4.48) and (4.81), respectively, The break-even price using solar energy and diesel was about (127.55) and (223.34) SYP/kg, respectively, while the break-even productivity in both methods was (15306.19) and (26800.63), kg/h, respectively, The research recommended maintaining the cultivation and production of tomatoes in Aleppo governorate, but rather working to expand the areas planted in it, and guiding and encouraging crop farmers to use solar energy as an alternative to the use of diesel in the production of energy necessary to pump irrigation water.

Keywords: Tomatoes, solar, diesel, Aleppo province.

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