AN ECONOMIC STUDY ON THE ROLE OF WATER USERS ASSOCIATIONS IN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF MAIZE CROP IN BEHAIRA GOVERNORATE | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research | ||||
| Article 15, Volume 94, Issue 4, December 2016, Page 987-1005 PDF (615.31 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejar.2016.153239 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| ASMAA S. ABDEL-MONEM | ||||
| Agricultural Economy Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The establishment of water users associations (WUAs) is one of the main objectives of the Irrigation Improvement Project (IIP). These WUAs are under the supervision of the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation. The current research aims at measuring the impact of WUAs in agricultural development in Behaira Governorate focusing on their role in the production of summer maize as one of the main crops in the Governorate. The results revealed that. 1 - The average cost of one irrigation for maize reached about LE 22.11 per feddan after joining the WUA, representing about 49.5% of the costs before joining the WUA estimated at about LE 43.8 per feddan. 2 - Joining the WUA can increase maize production in the Governorate to about 258.1 thousand ardab in the governmate these and decrease the irrigation cost of maize to about LE 153.1 per feddan., decreasing the costs of production for maize grown in Behaira Governorate to about LE 28.4 million, release an area used to be cultivated by maize of about 16.2 thousand feddans, contributing to saving irrigation water of about 43.2 million cubic meters in the Governorate and increase the net revenue and the net return per one pound for maize production by joining the WVA. 3 - The average total costs of fuel, depreciation and maintenance of electric irrigation machines were lower than those for disiel irrigation machines by about LE 4.5 per hour. 4 - The average cost of lifting one cubic meter by electric irrigation machine reached about LE. 0.016, as compared to about LE. 0.010 for disiel irrigation machines. 5 - The average energy for lifting one cubic meter by electric irrigation machine reached about 0.024 mega calory, as compared to about 0.086 mega calory for disiel irrigation machines. The results obtained for the economic and technical efficiency indicators, prove that the electric irrigation machines was more efficient than those runned by disiel. The study recommends paying more attention to improve the knowledge of farmers regarding water problems, the importance of water rationalization to sustain water resources, and ecouraging farmers to join WVAs | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| THE ROLE OF WATER USERS; DEVELOPMENT OF MAIZE CROP | ||||
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