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Agricultural Economics

Utah State University

1981

Akkar Plain Project

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An Economic Analysis Of The Akkar Plain Project, E. Douglas Chard May 1981

An Economic Analysis Of The Akkar Plain Project, E. Douglas Chard

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The purpose of this paper is to determine the economic feasibility of the Akkar Plain Agricultural Development Project. Data were collected at representative villages throughout the Akkar Plain in Syria. The data were used to establish the economic setting at the present time on the Akkar Plain and to establish a basis for determining the economic justification for the future planned developments. Methodology used was a farm budget analysis of a before development and after development situation. Internal rate of return and benefit/cost ratio were the measures used to determine economic feasibility. The paper discusses previous work completed, the development …