The Economic Impact of Good Agricultural Practices on Rice Production in Damietta Governorate | ||
| Damietta Journal of Agricultural Sciences | ||
| Volume 3, Issue 2, July 2024, Pages 169-184 PDF (1.67 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original research papers | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/djas.2024.406871 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Fawzy Abo El-Enein; Alaa Helal; Azza Abd El-Salam* | ||
| Department of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The research mainly aimed to measure the impact of good agricultural practices on rice production in Damietta Governorate, To achieve this goal, the research relied on primary data from a random sample of rice farmers for the 2021/2022 agricultural season, Descriptive and quantitative statistical analysis methods were used to analyze both secondary and primary data, The research examined the current situation of productivity indicators in Egypt and Damietta Governorate, The results showed that there is a statistically significant direct relationship between the quantity produced from the rice crop and the quantity of seeds x1, The amount of human labor is x2, and the amount of phosphate fertilizer is x5, By estimating the production elasticity of the most important factors affecting the amount of rice crop production, it was found that the sample farmers work in light of capacity savings, By measuring the combined effect of the biological practices of the varieties using formal variables, it became clear that the highest productive variety was the Giza 178 variety, with an aggregate value estimated at approximately 3,539 tons/acre, in first place with a record number of approximately 109.57%, followed by Sakha 101 and Sakha 104, with aggregate values estimated at approximately 3,230, 3,088 tons/acre. acres, with a record number of about 100% and 95.60% for each of them, in order from second to third place. It was also shown that there was a positive effect of both biological cultivar practices, laser straightening, and improved seeds on the economic indicators of the rice crop in the study sample, It was highest in the Giza 178 variety, followed by the Sakha 101 variety, then the Sakha 104 variety. By estimating the effect of shocks in the variables occurring in good agricultural practices on the productivity of the rice crop, the positive impact of the use of seeds, human labor, mechanical labor, and phosphate fertilizers was revealed, while A relatively limited positive effect was found in the case of the use of nitrogen fertilizers, and the effect was not proven in the case of animal work due to the expansion of the use of agricultural mechanization, The study recommends working to spread the positives of the use of biological practices for rice varieties, and their role in raising acreage productivity, and expanding the use of laser leveling technology, While working to develop and increase the number of agricultural mechanization units in the governorate, and expanding the use of improved seeds while providing them at reasonable prices for farmers. | ||
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