ECONOMIC PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY OF DATE PALMS IN EGYPT | ||||
| Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development | ||||
| Article 14, Volume 24, Issue 1, January 2010, Page 30-39 PDF (232.54 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Research articles. | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/fjard.2010.195666 | ||||
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| Abstract | ||||
| Palm Date is considered one of the most important fruit groups in Egypt. This is not only for its economic value but also for its exporting and manufacturing possibility. Besides it can be used as an important income source for several families living in its production area. The statistics showed that the cultivated area of the date palms in Egypt is around 81.48 thousand feddan. The number of fruitful female are nearly 11.3 million palm. These produced about 1.1 million ton dates We face a real problem to get the maximum benefits from using our natural resources of dates palms production. This problem can be solved by applying this study to direct the available resources to increase the net farm income under the prevailing conditions in the study sample . This study aims in principle to identify the economics activity of date palms production through investigating the major factors affecting the production in the study areas. Also, this work intend to analyze production functions, cost functions and the revenue. Statistical estimation of production functions for the selected samples (Hayani, ِِِAmri, Zaghlool, Samani, Bent Aisha and Amhat) indicated that the number of date palms, organic and chemical fertilizer and human workers are affected positively on the production standardized estimation study and research showed that the "Amri" farms are not economical because their production process.. The results of civil cost limits and maximum level of profit calculation revealed that Hayani, Zaghlool, Samani, Bent Aisha and Amhat are produced economically with the civil cost limit 152.9, 149.6, 211, 97, 104 Kg/palm and with the maximum level of profit 195, 207, 372, 148, 117 Kg/palm, respectively. The economic efficiency indicators revealed that the highest net revenue followed the order: Samani > Zaghlool > Hayani > Bent Aisha; the cost benefit ration confirmed these results | ||||
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