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Agriculture in Lebanon is the third most productive sector in the country after the tertiary and industrial sectors. It contributes 3.1% of GDP [1] and 8 percent of the effective labor force. [2] The sector includes an informal Syrian labor [3] and is dependent on foreign labor for its productivity. [4]
Agricultural economics is an applied field of economics concerned with the application of economic theory in optimizing the production and distribution of food and fiber products. Agricultural economics began as a branch of economics that specifically dealt with land usage. It focused on maximizing the crop yield while maintaining a good soil ...
The Lebanese economy is service-oriented. Lebanon has a strong tradition of laissez-faire, with the country's constitution stating that "the economic system is free and ensures private initiative and the right to private property". The major economic sectors include metal products, banking, agriculture, chemicals, and transport equipment.
The primary sector of the economy includes any industry involved in the extraction and production of raw materials, such as farming, logging, fishing, forestry and mining. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The primary sector tends to make up a larger portion of the economy in developing countries than it does in developed countries .
Rural economics is the study of rural economies. Rural economies include both agricultural and non-agricultural industries, so rural economics has broader concerns than agricultural economics which focus more on food systems. [1] Rural development [2] and finance [3] attempt to solve larger challenges within rural economics.
Lebanon's caretaker prime minister, Najib Mikati, has said Israeli air strikes have turned southern Lebanon into a "devastated agricultural area". Israel and the Iranian-backed Lebanese armed ...
The Ministry of Agriculture is the ministry responsible for formulating the strategic framework for the agricultural sector and developing practical policies and programs to promote this sector. In addition, the ministry is developing a legal framework for the organization and infrastructure to facilitate investment, production and marketing ...
Davis and Goldberg favored corporate-driven agriculture or large-scale farming to revolutionize the agriculture sector, lessening the dependency on state power and politics. [9] They explained in the book that vertically integrated firms within the agricultural value chains have the ability to control prices and where they are distributed. [9]