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 Volume 4, Issue 11 (November 2017), Pages: 81-87

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: Dynamic comparative advantage analysis of rural and pastoral systems of small ruminant husbandry

 Author(s): Reza Pahlavani, Mohammad Ghahremanzadeh *, Ghader Dashti

 Affiliation(s):

 Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2017.011.012

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Abstract:

Small ruminant husbandry is one of the most important and ancient economic activities in Iran’s livestock subsector. In the three last decades, the productivity and profitability in this economic field has been reduced. During these years the government's support policy has been carried out. In this context, the purpose of this study is to analyze the dynamic comparative advantage in two ordinary systems for small ruminant husbandry includes rural and pastoral systems in selected provinces over 1997-2013 as panel data in Iran. We used several agricultural policy support indicators including Domestic Resource Cost (DRC), Social Cost Benefit (SCB), Effective Protection Coefficient (EPC), Nominal Protection Coefficient (NPC) and the dynamic Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM).The results suggest that both systems have dynamic comparative advantage, but the pastoral system has more. Reasons for increasing the dynamic comparative advantage in the pastoral system are: low fixed and variable cost, more using of growth season, more concentration of production management, expansion of market and ability of crops supplying in various markets. Therefore, the application of the policies such as scientific and efficient management, the balance between small ruminants and ranges, supporting and protecting natural resources and doing applied researches, are recommended. 

 © 2017 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Dynamic comparative advantage, Policy analysis matrix, Pastoralism, Panel data, Rural husbandry

 Article History: Received 27 February 2017, Received in revised form 3 September 2017, Accepted 25 September 2017

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2017.011.012

 Citation:

 Pahlavani R, Ghahremanzadeh M, and Dashti G (2017). Dynamic comparative advantage analysis of rural and pastoral systems of small ruminant husbandry. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 4(11): 81-87

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