THE PRODUCTIVITY EFFICIENY OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CROPS THROUGH DETECTING THE AMOUNT OF COSTS ON THE LONG RUN | ||||
| Journal of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences | ||||
| Article 5, Volume 30, Issue 9, September 2005, Page 5329-5341 PDF (160.31 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jaess.2005.208479 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| W. A. E. EI-Abd,; A. A. EI-Dogla; Gihan R. l. Mohamed | ||||
| Agricultural Economy Researches Institute, ARC. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| This research aims at studying and analysing the productivity efficiency of the most important crops in Egypt through detecting the amount of costs, and estimating the signs of the productivity costs.The signs of productivity efficiency of the most important crops in Egypt had been estimated through detecting the productivity costs on the long run in the years 1970- 2003, besides making use of the real values of cultivating expenses disregarding the effect of montary innation.The higher productivity of some crops such as cotton, rice, maize and bean had been estimated .Through this study, the researcher discovered that the productivity costs of cotton had reached 1.223 .The average of productivity costs of cotton decreased when its production reached 6.25 million per one kantar. This COuld be achieved when we cultivated 0.9 million feddan of cotton. The prodution amount of cotton had to be increased to 9.13 million kantar , this could happen only if we cultivated about 1.43 million Iedoan. It had ben discovered that we wouldnot be able to fUlfill this goal. As for the productivity efficiency of rice, it was discovered that the costs reached 0.619, i.e this was the productivity costs of (:-;1:: in Egypt during the first phase. To put it differently we should increase the capacity of our production . The reasults showed that the average production of rice decreased when the production reached 6.04 million tons. I.e we cultivated 1.77 million teddan . Whereas. we should cultivate about 2.26 million feddan so as to increase the productivity income of rice in Egypt i.e about 7.7 million tons. The results proved that the production of rice had been decreased to a certain point that woutd lessen the average of costs to 76.2 % in the years 2000-2003. It was discovered that the productivity costs of maize reached 0.304 i.e this was the production of maize during the first phase. To put it differently. we shouid work hard so as to increase the production elments that <Ire used in the cultivation of maize. It was discovered that the average J. Agric. Sci. Mansoura Univ., 30 (9), September, 2005 of productivity costs decreased when the production of maize reached about 47.5 million, if we cultivated about 1.58 million feddan We should cultivate about 2.23 mililion Ieddan of maize so as to increase the productivity income of maize. The results showed that we would not be able to reach the piont which will help in increasing the productivity income of that crop. i.e we would not be able to decrease the average of production to 87% throughout the years 1970-2003 . As for wheat the productivity costs reached 0.5502, i.e .this was the production of wheat in Egypt during its first phase .We must work on to increase the production elements that would help in the growth of wheat .lt was discovered that we should lessen the average of productivity costs when the production of wheat reached 36 million ardabb i.e. when we cultivated 1.54 million feddan ,we should produce about 43 million ardabb to increase the productjyity income of wheat in Egypt. This could be attanied throug~ the cultivating of 1.8 million feddan . The reasults proved that the production of wheat in the years 2000-2003 exceeds the amount of production of wheat .so this would lessen the average of productivity costs of wheat. It was also discovered that the average production of wheat exceeds also the production amount and this leads to the increase of the productivity income, As for beans, it was discovered that the productivity income of bean reached 0,384. To put it differenllY,thls was the production of bean during its first slage i.e. we should increase our production elements, The results showed that the lessening of the aYl~rage of production took place when its production reached 2.6 million ardabb i.e when we cultivate 1,3 million feddan . If we want to increase the amount of production of bean we should produce about 3 million ardabb , in other words to cultivate about 1,5 million tedoan . It was discovered that the actual production of beans reached approximately the production which will help in lessening the average of productivity Last but not least, tl'll'! afore·mentioned results referred to the improvement of the overall production of such crops as wheat, rice and bean because the farmers accepted the increase of prices in recent years. Whereas, the production of cotton decreased due to the direct lnterterence of the government in detecting the price. becides the decrease of the cotton price and the increase of its productivity costs as well. Thus. the farmers gave up cultivating cotton. Yet, though the price of bean increased it was no more cultivated due to the decrease of its importance in Egypt when it waS compared with other crops, besides facing a lot of problems in its production and its inability to be developed. Finally, the government should interfer to increase the productivity of some crops especially cotton and bean and it Sh("~:Ll work also on the decreasing of productivity costs of the impotant crops, Evenlually the farmers would cultivate such crops especially the crops that would help in the fulfillment of self-sufficiency or that would help in the increase of agricul!ural exports and consequently the increase of foreign currency in Egypt. | ||||
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