ECONOMIC EVALUATION FOR COTTON PRODUCTION IN EGYPT | ||||
| Journal of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences | ||||
| Article 8, Volume 31, Issue 6, June 2006, Page 3693-3709 PDF (4.67 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jaess.2006.156990 | ||||
 View on SCiNiTO | ||||
| Author | ||||
| M. A. A. Enebar | ||||
| Agricultural Economic Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Cotton occupies main position among different plantation in Egypt as it is one of the principal column in the national economic structure. Where many industries rely on and about a million workers are involved in cotton cultivation and manufacture, besides its export importance. By studying area evolution, cultivated with cotton for the period (1950 - 2004), it reduces continuously. What are the causes and is it possible to treat with? The research aims at making an economic evaluation for cotton production in Egypt and to recognize the reasons of area reduction, also to find the suitable solutions. This research deals with studying cotton production evolution in Egypt and the world, also the relative importance, whereas the evolution of cultivated area, productivity, total production and consumption in Egypt and the world for the period (1950 - 2004) was clear. The research deals with calculating the effect of bio-tech change and estimation of the relative transfer coefficient in need function (K) for extra long staple cotton, long staple cotton and medium staple cotton for the periods (1980 - 1986) , (1987 - 1993) , (1994 - 2004), (1980 - 2004) which clarified the effect of introducing the new varieties and the more effect was in the long staple cotton, next the extra long staple cotton and the medium staple cotton and it was proposed to abolish cultivation or to be promoted. The research deals with the variety map of cotton production in Egypt for the period (2002 - 2004) and the variety variation was clear, whereas variation analysis was made between the productivity of extra long staple cotton and the long staple cotton during the period (2000 - 2004). Net income, income on costs and income on water unit for cotton, rice, corn, wheat and permanent clover was calculated and the result was reduction of cost income in cotton and the comparison was made among the productivity of these crops for the two periods (1985 - 1987), (2002 - 2004), it increased 59%, 64% , 64% respectively, but for cotton it increased 7.09%, this was due to cotton area reduction in the last years. A field sample was taken from AI-Sharqia Governorate as it contains about 9.5% of the total cotton area in the republic and the two Centers, Abu Kebir and AI Ibrahemya were selected and dealt with farmers opinions towards the problems they face and the proposals to increase production in future and also dealt with crop economics and the net income function for cotton production was estimated to show the most important factors affecting on net income, besides estimation of production functions and it was clear that production was still in its first stage. Finally, the research deals with matrix of agricultural policies analysis for cotton crop in the two periods (1982 - 1985), (2001 - 2004) and the nominal protection coefficient for outputs, nominal protection coefficient for inputs effective protection coefficient, relative advantage coefficient and local resources cost coefficient were estimated. | ||||
|
Statistics Article View: 79 PDF Download: 250 |
||||
