Agricultural Risk Management
In
A Market Oriented Economy
The Challenges for Syrian Agricultural Policy
As the first activity of the 2007 Agricultural Policy Forum of
the National Agricultural Policy Centre (NAPC) of the Ministry
of Agricultural and Agrarian Reform, a seminar on the
Agricultural Risk Management was delivered. This seminar was
entitled "Agricultural Risk Management in a Market Oriented
Economy: The challenges for Syrian Agricultural Policy” was
presented by Dr. Carlo Cafiero, from University of Naples,
Italy, on 23rd of January 2007 at the NAPC premises.
The seminar sought to outline theoretical aspects related to the
concept of economic risk, and then to link them to the context
of agricultural production in a system of incomplete markets (of
which Syria is an example). Following that to present some
possible private risk management strategies that might be
adopted in order to combat this risk at both the private
(farmer) and public (policy-making) level.
In his presentation, Dr Cafiero introduced to the audience the
most relevant issues concerning economic and social risk
directly linked to agricultural activity. He highlighted which
challenges the Syrian economy is likely to face during the
rapidly evolving process of economic and political development
currently taking place in the country. He therefore attempted to
indicate the positive role that the government could play to
manage such risks. For more details download the proceedings
As the first activity of the 2007 Agricultural Policy Forum of
the National Agricultural Policy Centre (NAPC) of the Ministry
of Agricultural and Agrarian Reform, a seminar on the
Agricultural Risk Management was delivered. This seminar was
entitled "Agricultural Risk Management in a Market Oriented
Economy: The challenges for Syrian Agricultural Policy” was
presented by Dr. Carlo Cafiero, from University of Naples,
Italy, on 23rd of January 2007 at the NAPC premises.