Ebraheem Suliman Altahat,Mohammad AL-Masad,Mustafa Saleh AlRawashdeh,Mohammad Salem Altarawneh
Economics of Broiler Production in Amman City, Jordan
The paper examined the profitability of broiler production in
Amman city. The study was based on primary data collected from 149 broiler
farmers during 2012. The secondary data were obtained from relevant sources
including Ministry of Agriculture (MOA), Department of Statistics (DOS).
Farm budgeting model was constructed to determine the profitability of
broiler production. The results of the study revealed that the total costs in the
broiler enterprise in the area of the study were 10.235JD per bird per annum.
The total revenues were estimated to be 13.55JD, the gross margin was
3.52JD. These findings indicated that the broiler production enterprise was
profitable in Amman area considering the conditions of broiler production in
the area of the study. Factors affecting the production of Broiler Enterprise in
the area include number of birds, quantity of consumed feed, mortality rate,
costs of veterinary service and medicine. Marginal analysis of input showed
that the farmers were inefficient in their production practices as indicated by
the ratio of marginal value product (MVP) and marginal factor cost (MFC).
The ratio revealed the overutilization of factors. The study concluded by
indicating the significance of increasing poultry production in the study area
in particular.
DETERMINE THE BARRIERS OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE IMPLEMENTATION IN JORDAN
The main purpose of this study was to determine the barriers of organic agriculture implementation in Jordan, by using
Likert scale. In this regard, the statistical population of the study was 32 experts of Ministry of Agricultural and the Faculties
of Agriculture at university of Jordan and Mu′ta University. The results showed that there was a high cost of producing organic
crops regarding economic barriers, while regarding social – cultural barriers there was a poor participation of the farmers.
From legal and managing perspective, there was a lack of knowledge of some managers and politicians with organic agriculture.
Therefore, financial support to farmer for producing organic crops, and organized and special training workshops on
organic agriculture farming is needed.
Journal: Bulgarian Journal of Agricultural Science, 22 (No 1) 2016, 10-15