[An Analytical Study Of Production Costs of Apricots in Middle Area]

The study have finished, which is analytic study for the costs of production apricot in the middle area, which are homs and Hama. The number of gathered groups are 200,the largest part of them have gathered in Homs governorate because the agriculture area with apricot in it forms 98,4% percentage from the apricot area in the middle area. When we study the apricot agriculture development in the middle area during the period (1997-2008) we find that the agricultural area with apricot in the middle area have increased to 166,8 % percentage from the beginning of period time,inconsidering that the 1997 year is the beginning of the period series. Also, the increasing in the agricultural area with apricot in Syria during (1997-2008) time, were influenced with the outcome increasing in the middle area at (81,9 %) percentage. While the production in the middle area have developed during the same period time at (297,7 %) percentage. The study have appeared, the spread of more than (14) kind of the foriegnand local apricot which are increased in Syria in studying area. We find that the peasant's dependence on agriculture is more than one kind in the same field order to gain the best economic outcome. We find in this study, also two types of the possession type which are the individual possession which form,(72 %) from the studied sample and the vitalized style of the agriculture reform law which form rate which is (28 %). From the studied sample. When we study the costs, the study shows the following. The cost of one donum of apricot for five years before yielding year from (1-5) years reaches to (15500)p.s , and the cost of irrigation act forms the largest from these costs which rate teaches to 45,3 % percentage because of the increasing in the prices of fuels. While in according to the costs of yielding year we have divided the studied sample to groups according to the age of trees for four groups, and we have collected the costs of production ,marketing ,outcomes ,and collecting the gain of every donum and in all aged groups. In the first group, in which the age of trees is between (6-10) years, we find that the cost of donum production reaches to (19172) p.s, the costs of marketing reach to (5076) p.s/ donum, while the moderation of donum production reaches to (1414) k.g /donum, the price of one k.g is 20 p.s . the donum gains wine which is (3992) p.s/donum. The cost of irrigation act and the cost of earing yield form the high price from the costs of production, while the price of vessels form the high percentage from the cost of marketing because of the increasing in the price of fuel and in vessels, especially the plastic vessels. 144 The cost of production one k.g in this group reaches to 13,1 p.s, the net weight benefit from this is 6,9 p.s. In the second group in which the age of trees is between (11-16) year, we find the production cost of one donum reaches to (24771) p.s, the constant costs form (60,4) percentage from the whole production costs, the marketing costs reach to (8947)p.s/donum, and the average of the donum production is (2560) k.g/donum. But the price of sealing one k.g is (17) p.s. the donum gains wine which is (9802) p.s /donum. The cost of irrigation act and the gaining of the yield form the high rat from the costs of production. While the cost of the price of vessels forms high rate from the costs of marketing because of the increasing of fuel price and in vessels especially the plastic vessels. In addition to that the cost of production one k.g in this group reaches to (10,4) p.s, in which the net outcome is (6,6) p.s. In the third aged group in which the age of trees are between (16-20) years we find the costs of producing one donum reach to (29320) p.s, the constant cost form 60,3 % percentage from the whole costs of production, and the changing costs form rate which is 31,7 % percentage. While the costs of marketing reach to (10880) p.s/donum ,the average of production one donum reaches to (3055)k.g/donum, the price of sealing one k.g is 17 p.s and the donum gain wine which is (11753) p.s/donum which is the higher wine that one donum of apricot reaches to it in this study. The costs of irrigation act and the cost of gain yield form the high rate from the costs of production, while the cost of vessels forms the high rate from the costs of marketing because of the increasing in the price of fuel and in vessels especially, the plastic vessels. The cost of production one k.g in this group is 10,7 p.s and the net weight outcome from this is 6,3 p.s. In the forth aged group in which the age of trees is above 20 year, the cost of production one donum is (36350)p.s. The costs of marketing reach to (12185)p.s. So, the whole costs are (48535) p.s, the average of production is 3348 k.g/donum which is the high production in which the one donum reaches to it in this study While the average price of sealing the k.g is 16 p.s which is the lower price in the in the preceding group, the gain of donum is (53568) p.s, the one donum gains wine which is 5033 p.s, the reason of decreasing the wine because the increasing of costs at higher rate than the increasing in production one donum, besides to the deceasing in the sort of yielding fruit in this group. Also, the cost of production one k.g in this group's 13 p.s but the net weight outcome is 3 p.s which's the less interest in which the one k.g of this study gaines.