Evaluation of the Economic Returns of Different Sugar Beet Cultivars Grown under Drought Stress Conditions and Growing Season Length in Upper Egypt | ||
| Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences | ||
| Volume 56, Issue 3, July 2025, Pages 331-343 PDF (686.96 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ajas.2025.383724.1483 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Samar A. Elshishtawy* 1; Omar M. Yassin2 | ||
| 1Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt. | ||
| 2Soils, Water, and Environment Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Nowadays, Egypt is facing significant challenges due to freshwater shortages. Due to the continual climate change. Despite the Egyptian government's efforts to address these challenges by achieving sustainable development goals, particularly Goal 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation), which includes justifying water consumption, the water problem in Egypt persists. This necessitates sustainable and innovative solutions to ensure water security for future generations. Therefore, this research aims to assess the economic return of different sugar beet varieties grown under drought stress conditions and variable growing season lengths. The data were obtained from a field experiment carried out at Shandaweel Agricultural Research Station in Sohage governorate, for two consecutive seasons of 2018/2019, 2019/2020. Cluster Analysis was used to analyze the obtained data. The results indicated several key findings:(1) Reducing the amount of irrigation water supplied to the sugar beet crop and increasing the length of the growing season saved a large quantity of irrigation water. The water saved can expand the cultivated area (2). Increasing water deficit and the growing season length increased the total economic return. (3)The maximum economic return per unit of water was about 39.67 Egyptian pound L.E)/m3 when using 70% of the irrigation water in the RAVEL variety with a growing season length of 210 days, followed by the SA1686 variety with approximately 32.16 L.E/m3 at a growing season length of 180 days, then followed by the SV1841 variety with a growing season length of 210 days, with approximately 26.19 L.E/m3. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Cluster analysis; Economic return; Sugar beet; Water stress; Water sustainability | ||
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