ECONOMIC STUDY FOR THE PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF GARLIC CROP IN EGYPT (STUDY CASE FOR BENI SUEF GOVERNORATE) | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research | ||||
| Article 22, Volume 97, Issue 4, December 2019, Page 875-903 PDF (783.46 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejar.2019.111122 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| REHAB A. H. AWAD* | ||||
| Economic Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The garlic crop is an important export crop in Egypt, which occupies a prominent position among its export commodities. This comparative advantage makes Egypt highly competitive in the foreign markets for the export of garlic. Egyptian garlic is exported to Arab countries, African countries, Eastern and Western Europe countries. Egyptian garlic and these are new markets for this crop, and the garlic crop of strategic crops in the province of Beni Suef, which is grown in large areas and is considered a cash crop also, in addition to that can be loaded on other crops. Of the unit of land, garlic may be loaded on the cotton crop and sometimes cotton is grown in the presence of garlic to exploit the time factor and no delay in the cultivation of the cotton crop and get good results and may be loaded with the harvest of the crop and the area cultivated with garlic during the agricultural season 2016/2017 The level of the Republic of 29242 feddans, while the cultivated area of the province amounted to 11103 acres, representing about 37.96% of the area cultivated at the level of the Republic . The problem of the study: There was a significant variation in the cultivated area, as well as the agricultural price, both at the national level or in the governorate of Beni Suef, as well as a difference in the centers of the province - which led to the decline of Egyptian garlic exports in the global markets due to the decline in demand and therefore it was necessary exposure The aim of the study is to identify the current status of production and marketing of garlic crop in Beni Suef governorate to identify the most important factors for the production process, as well as study the marketing pathways to identify the most important production and marketing problems. T-crop farmers face and how to overcome them or reduce them. Methods of study Sources of data acquisition: A set of statistical methods and methods were used to analyze the data, which is consistent with the nature of the data collected and the objective of the research. The data were obtained from two main sources: first, secondary data obtained from the Ministry of Agriculture, Central data center for public mobilization and statistics and the Directorate of Agriculture in Beni Suef, and second: preliminary data obtained from a case study conducted in Beni Suef for garlic crop in the agricultural season 2016/2017. The most important results: The area planted with garlic crop at the level of The yield area of the crop was estimated at 24.567 feddans while the cultivated area of the crop in Beni Suef governorate showed a general and increasing trend at 0.01%, estimated at 1032 feddans and with an annual change rate of 1.88 The general time trend equation indicates that the Feddan costs have increased by a statistically significant increase of about LE 200 per feddan with an annual change rate of 4.5%. Whereas the cost of the garlic crop in the governorate of Beni Suef took a general trend of increasing and statistical significance of about 100 pounds / fed and an annual rate of change of about 1.75%. The average consumption of garlic in Egypt was estimated at 264,311 tons during the period (2001 - 2016), while the average of garlic production in Egypt was estimated at 264.5 thousand tons. The average volume of imports during the study period was about 6.125 thousand tons. As for the exports of the garlic crop, it was found that the average volume of garlic exports during the study period was estimated at 8.938 thousand tons - while the average consumption of garlic was estimated at 229.438 thousand tons. The garlic crop in Egypt has grown to 34.25 thousand tons during the period of study Of. The average per capita share of the garlic crop in the Arab Republic of Egypt during the study period (2001 - 2016) showed that there was a significant statistical decrease of about 0.576 kg / person / year with an annual change rate of about 18.9% of the average annual per capita. The results of estimating the function of the cost of producing the garlic crop at the sample level: The lowest volume of the production cost amounted to about 8.342 tons per feddan while the optimum size for the maximum production of profit is 11.07 tons per feddan. The statistical estimation of the physical function of the garlic crop showed that there was a positive relationship between the quantity of garlic crop per ton per feddan and human labor, chemical fertilizer and pesticides as independent variables, while there was an inverse relation between the quantity produced from garlic and the municipal fertilizer. The results of the study sample showed that there are several productivity problems. The most important productivity problems are: high prices of chemical fertilizers, high seed value, high value of human labor, high cost of automation, cost of pesticides, representing 74.9%, 51%, 46.9% , 40.9% and 13%, respectively, according to the opinion of the farmers of the sample of the study. As for the marketing problems, it came as follows: The failure of the agricultural association to play a role in marketing, fluctuation of the price of the crop, the difference in price between farms and traders, A certain entity responsible for marketing, the monopoly of local traders for marketing, inadequate Marketing information, high transport costs, 78.3%, 71%, 62%, 61.5%, 57.8%, 51.8%, 50% and 48%, respectively, according to the views of the sample farmers. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| The garlic crop is an important export crop in Egypt | ||||
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