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Syrian crisis repercussions on the agricultural sector: Case study of wheat, cotton and olives

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  • Safwan A. Mohammed
  • Ali Alkerdi
  • János Nagy
  • Endre Harsányi

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This paper aims to outline the consequences of the Syrian conflict on the land use/cultivated area, yield and production of the main crops: wheat, cotton, and olives. To achieve the study goal secondary data were collected from FAO website. After that the autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) model was applied for the time series analysis. Finally, the decrease in production was calculated and the total losses were valued at the local and international prices. A long‐term analysis from 1960 to 2016 showed a significant positive change for the main studied crops, but a significant negative change was noticed from 2000 to 2016 due to the conflict issue in Syria. while, the highest reduction was recorded in 2014 for wheat and olives by 47.53% and 64.18% respectively and in 2016 for cotton with more than 93% of the total reduction. Whereas, the total losses in local prices were (US$1,168,204,415) and (US$4,733,586,663), valued at the international price for the main crops: wheat, cotton, and olives, which are 9% of the 2011 Syrian GDP. Este artículo tiene por objeto esbozar las consecuencias del conflicto sirio sobre el uso de la tierra/área cultivada, el rendimiento y la producción de los principales cultivos: trigo, algodón y aceitunas. Para lograr el objetivo del estudio se recopilaron datos secundarios del sitio web de la FAO. Posteriormente se aplicó el modelo autorregresivo integrado de media móvil (ARIMA) para el análisis de series temporales. Finalmente, se calculó la disminución de la producción y se evaluaron las pérdidas totales a precios locales e internacionales. Un análisis a largo plazo de 1960 a 2016 mostró un cambio positivo significativo para los principales cultivos estudiados, pero se observó un cambio negativo significativo de 2000 a 2016 debido al conflicto en Siria, mientras que la mayor reducción se registró en 2014 para el trigo y las aceitunas en un 47,53% y un 64,18%, respectivamente, y en 2016 para el algodón, con más del 93% de la reducción total. Mientras, las pérdidas totales en los precios locales fueron de (US$ 1 168 204 415) y (US$4 733 586 663), valoradas al precio internacional de los principales cultivos: trigo, algodón y aceitunas, que representan el 9% del PIB sirio de 2011. 本稿では、シリア内戦の、土地利用、農地、主要作物(小麦、綿、オリーブ)の収穫量と生産量に対する影響を概略する。研究の目的を達成するために、国際連合食糧農業機関(Food and Agriculture Organization :FAO)のウェブサイトに掲載されているセカンダリーデータを収集する。次に、自己回帰移動平均(Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average :ARIMA) モデルを使用して、時間序列分析を行う。最後に生産量の減少を算出し、損失の合計を現地価格と国際価格で評価する。1960~2016年までの長期解析からは、対象の主要作物の著明な改善が認められたが、2000~2016年には、シリア内戦に関する問題による著明な悪化が認められており、2014年に小麦とオリーブはそれぞれ47.53%と64.18%、2016年には綿が93%以上と最大の減少が記録されている。その一方で、主要作物(小麦、綿、オリーブ)の損失額は、現地価格でUS$1,168,204,415、国際価格ではUS$4,733,586,663であり、2011年のシリアのGDPの9%に相当する。

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  • Safwan A. Mohammed & Ali Alkerdi & János Nagy & Endre Harsányi, 2020. "Syrian crisis repercussions on the agricultural sector: Case study of wheat, cotton and olives," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 12(3), pages 519-537, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:rgscpp:v:12:y:2020:i:3:p:519-537
    DOI: 10.1111/rsp3.12222
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