final and cleared report on marketing fao government of italy cooperative programme food agriculture organization the united nations italian cooperation ministry agrarian reform project gcp syr 006 ita assistance in institutional strengthening agricultural policy processing daniele rama international consultant damascus syria october 2000 opinions judgments expressed are authors only proposes text as basis for starting discussion among scholars makers issues related to subject study 2 contents 1 introduction page objectives delimitation task force composition 3 sources information 4 environment 5 demography consumption patterns technological developments 7 foreign trade arrangements 8 exchange rates currency convertibility 10 planning 11 6 prices regulatory system 13 investments 14 actors 18 farm structure its evolution co operatives chambers 19 bank input suppliers 21