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A seminar on the 2005 issue of The State of
Food and Agriculture in Syria (SOFAS) was the third event of the
Agricultural Policy Forum initiative for 2005, promoted by the National
Agricultural Policy Center with the support of the FAO Project GCP/SYR/006/ITA
funded by the Italian Government. Mr Samir Grad, NAPC researcher,
officially presented the seminar, and Dr Rania Al Droubi, Professor at
the Faculty of Economics of the University of Damascus, commented on the
report contents. The seminar was held on 2 October, at the NAPC
premises.
SOFAS 2005 is the second edition of the
biennial periodical report NAPC publishes to portray the state and
evolution of the Syrian agricultural sector. Designed to give an updated
review of the economic and social development in Syria, the SOFAS series
intends to stimulate the debate on agricultural policies and to
facilitate the mobilization of all stakeholders for the success of the
policy reform process. In addition, each SOFAS issue presents in a
special chapter a topic of particular importance for agricultural
development in Syria based on studies and research undertaken by the
NAPC. |