The Economic Efficiency of Bee Honey Production in Syria (Lattakia Governorate as a Model)

International Journal of Agriculture & Environmental Science

© 2020 by SSRG - IJAES Journal

Volume 7 Issue 4

Year of Publication : 2020

Authors : Mohammad Ghoush, Wael Habib

10.14445/23942568/IJAES-V7I4P109

How to Cite?

Mohammad Ghoush, Wael Habib, "The Economic Efficiency of Bee Honey Production in Syria (Lattakia Governorate as a Model)," SSRG International Journal of Agriculture & Environmental Science, vol. 7,  no. 4, pp. ):62-67, 2020. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23942568/IJAES-V7I4P109

Abstract:

This study was conducted on a number of special apiaries in Lattakia Governorate, which is considered one of the most important honey bee keeping areas in Syria, with the aim of calculating the average costs and productive returns of the productive cell, and calculating some economic indicators for this type of agricultural project, using the descriptive economic analysis method, and adopting Average data on the costs and productivity returns of the studied apiaries in the economic calculations.
The average annual production costs of the producing cell were 55.57 USD, and the production yield attained 123.57 USD, with an average profit of 68 USD, while the average net production costs of honey produced at the cell level amounted to 43.37 USD, and the net profit was 26.06 USD. On other hand, the relative net income per kilo of honey produced is 122.49% of the total net production costs, while the rentier and profitability coefficients compared to the production costs attained 137.56% and 122.37%, respectively, and economic efficiency was about 2.23, and the recovery period was about 2.35 years.

Keywords:

honeybee, analysis, production costs, relative income, profitability coefficients and Syria.

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