World Bank2013-10-072013-10-072008-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/16099There are many reasons to believe that Syrian agriculture has great potential for the future. The liberalisation of agriculture in Eastern Europe delivered rapid growth in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Countries such as Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Hungary, Kazachstan, Romania and Russia achieved labour productivity growth in constant US$ terms of over 7 percent between 1998 and 2004. Syria has a global comparative advantage in fruit and vegetables. It also has access to high-value markets in the Gulf Co-operation Council, Iraq and the European Union (EU). This report makes suggestions for further small and safe policy adjustments on the road to the social market. A criterion for identifying the options below is that they should not impose significant welfare losses on any target group. Changes that empower the farmer and the private trader are preferred.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO CREDITADULTHOODAGRARIAN REFORMAGRICULTURAL AREASAGRICULTURAL COMMODITIESAGRICULTURAL COMMODITYAGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVEAGRICULTURAL CREDITAGRICULTURAL CREDIT BANKAGRICULTURAL ECONOMYAGRICULTURAL EDUCATIONAGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENTAGRICULTURAL FIELDAGRICULTURAL GOODSAGRICULTURAL GROWTHAGRICULTURAL INCOMESAGRICULTURAL INPUTSAGRICULTURAL LANDAGRICULTURAL MARKETINGAGRICULTURAL MARKETSAGRICULTURAL POLICIESAGRICULTURAL POLICYAGRICULTURAL PRICESAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTSAGRICULTURAL RESEARCHAGRICULTURAL SECTORSAGRICULTURAL TRADEAGRICULTURAL WATER USEAGRICULTUREAGRICULTURE ORGANIZATIONALMONDSAPPLESAQUIFER DEPLETIONARABLE LANDAVERAGE PRICEBARLEYBLACK MARKETCENTRAL PLANNINGCEREALSCHICKPEASCLIMATE CHANGECLIMATIC CONDITIONSCOMMERCECOMMERCIAL BANKCOMMODITIESCOMMODITY PRICECOMMODITY PRICE SUPPORTCOMMODITY PRICESCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECOMPETITIVE ADVANTAGECOMPETITIVE PRODUCTSCOMPETITIVENESSCONSUMER PRICECONSUMER PRICE INDEXCONSUMER PRICESCONSUMERSCOST INCREASECOTTONCOTTON MARKETINGCOTTON PRICECROPCROP DIVERSIFICATIONCROP PRICE SUPPORTCROPPINGCROPSCULTIVATED LANDDAMAGESDEBTDEMAND GROWTHDOMESTIC MARKETDOMESTIC MARKETSDURUM WHEATECONOMIC EFFICIENCYECONOMIC LOSSECONOMICSECONOMIES OF SCALEEFFICIENT MARKETEGGSEQUIPMENTEXCHANGE RATESEXPENDITUREEXPENDITURESEXPORTSEXTENSIONEXTENSION AGENTSEXTENSION SERVICESFAIRFAOFARMFARM INCOMEFARM INCOMESFARM PRODUCTSFARMERFARMERSFARMINGFARMING SYSTEMSFARMSFEEDFIELD CROPSFINANCIAL SECTORFOOD SECURITYFOOD SUPPLYFOREIGN COMPETITIONFORESTSFREE MARKETFREE TRADEFRESH FRUITFRUITSGDPGDP PER CAPITAGENETIC RESEARCHGOVERNMENT SUBSIDYGRAINGROSS VALUEGROUNDWATERGROWTH POTENTIALGROWTH RATEHARVESTHERDERSHUMAN CAPITALICARDAIFPRIIMPACT ASSESSMENTIMPORTS OF MEATINCREASING RETURNSINEFFICIENCYINFLATIONINHERITANCEINTEREST RATEINTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREASINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTEIRRIGATIONLAND PRODUCTIVITYLAND REFORMLANDSLENTILSLIVELIHOODSLIVESTOCKLIVESTOCK PRODUCTSLIVESTOCK RESEARCHWorld Bank10.1596/16099