Date Marketing Efficiency Estimation in Saudi Arabia: A Two-Stage Data Envelopment Analysis Approach

Al-Abdulkader, Ahmed M.

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“…Intezar, Abdallah, and Rao (2016) studied the opportunities and difficulties for farmers and traders in marketing dates, while Dhehibi, El Awar, Ben-Salah, and Aw-Hassan (2018) studied competitiveness in the date trade for Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC). Also, value chain analysis and marketing opportunities for date palms in GCC countries were studied by Dhehibi., Salah, and Frija (2018) while the efficiency of date marketing was investigated by Ismaiel, Al-Abdulkader, Al-Kahtani, and Saad (2017), Alabdulkader, Elhendy, Al Kahtani, and Ismail (2017) and Al-Abdulkader et al (2016). Al-Shreed et al (2012) investigated export markets for Saudi dates and potential opportunities.…”

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The Future of Saudi Arabia’s Date Exports Using a Cointegration Model

Alnafissa

Alderiny

Alamri

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Dates represent an important export crop for Saudi Arabia that attracts foreign exchange. There is an opportunity for Saudi Arabia to extend its date exports to the international market due to production exceeding consumption and comparative advantage in date production. This paper explores the future export market for Saudi dates by analyzing the factors that affect Saudi date exports and highlighting this crop’s comparative advantage. Also, the paper uses autoregressive and distributed lag methodology with data from 1980 to 2017 to predict the future for exported dates between 2020 and 2025. The relationship between the export of dates and other exogenous variables shows there are significant effects from domestic production, domestic consumption of dates, and the price of exported dates in both the long and short term. In contrast, the comparative advantage of Saudi dates shows a significant effect only in the short term, because there has been no active program to promote Saudi dates in global markets. The explanatory variables predict that 2019 Saudi date exports will increase by 3.8-fold in 2025, with the total export amount over 700 thousand tons. Thus, there is an opportunity to develop more programs that target the international market in support of date farms and exporters, and to support market research directed at satisfying the international market.

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The Future of Saudi Arabia’s Date Exports Using a Cointegration Model

Alnafissa

Alderiny

Alamri

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Economics and Marketing of Dates in Saudi Arabia

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Potential for Vegetable Production Towards Food Security in Arabian Peninsula: A Case Study of Oman

Salmi¹,

Nadaf²,

Mbaga³

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Introduction: In Oman, the weather is not conducive to year-round cultivation of vegetables. However, these are dual-purpose commodities because they can be grown to achieve food security goals as well as serve as cash crops that generate employment and income. Increasing vegetable production in Oman has the potential to contribute to the government’s economic diversification efforts. Technical efficiency analysis for selected crops indicated the ability to improve crops’ production with the present state of technology in-line with regional food security objectives. Materials and Methods: Relevant documents about cultivating vegetables in terms of area, production, price structure, and other factors were extensively researched, analyzed, and presented in tables and figures to show their present and future trends. Researchers surveyed about 118 randomly selected farms across Oman. They also evaluated Technical Efficiency (TE) using a Trans-Logarithmic function (TL) and Cobb Douglas (CD) function with SHAZAM comprehensive economics and statistics package to achieve meaningful results. Results: The results include retrospective analysis of area and production of different vegetables cultivated in Oman and their import and export, their price, and its potential increase in vegetable production in Oman for economic diversification in domestic consumption and export markets. They also identified trends in organic vegetable cultivation, and sales showed the potential to increase production levels and assist government efforts to increase agriculture’s contribution to the gross domestic product of Oman. Technical efficiency for tomato in selected samples indicated the ability to improve production beyond 20% with the present state of technology. Conclusion: Analysis of data on ordinary vegetable cultivation established that the outlook for global vegetable supply and demand is attractive. The global demand for vegetables, is increasing and will continue to do so. Moreover, growth is especially strong in demand for organic vegetables in wealthier countries such as Switzerland, Sweden, and the United Arab Emirates. Technical efficiency analysis indicated a potential increase in the production of vegetables with the present state of technology.

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Date Marketing Efficiency Estimation in Saudi Arabia: A Two-Stage Data Envelopment Analysis Approach

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The Future of Saudi Arabia’s Date Exports Using a Cointegration Model

The Future of Saudi Arabia’s Date Exports Using a Cointegration Model

Economics and Marketing of Dates in Saudi Arabia

Potential for Vegetable Production Towards Food Security in Arabian Peninsula: A Case Study of Oman

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