أثر قيام منطقة التجارة الحرة العربية الكبرى على القطاع الزراعي

Abstract EN

The aim of the study is to clearify the importance rate of agricultural sector in the Great Arabic Free Trade Zone Countries, and the effect of implementation of this zone on Arabic agricultural sector.

Also, it presents the main notes on the implementation program for that zone.

The study showes that the doublication and the disagree between the Arabic agricultural policies, projects, and activities of agricultural production have been implemented without taking accounts of its adabtability to the environment and the natural resources.

This leads to real problems when the agreement start implemented on agricultural commodities and services.

Therefore, most of the countries asked for complete or seasonal exception for their commodities according to their local agricultural policies.

These problems need to be set up by macking changes in the arrangement of overall agricultural policies in production, services, marketing and research specially in the Arab countries which produce most of the agricultural products.

This study end up with number of recommendations such as encoregment of Arabic investors in agricultural sector specially in the countries that facing shortages in financing, and the importance of developing the agricultural sector in each country by using the integration techniques according to the comparative advantages specially in producing certain agricultural commodities.