AN ECONOMIC STUDY FOR MEASUREMENT PERFORMANCE EFFICIENCY OF THE EGYPTIAN AGRICULTURAL SECTOR | ||||
| Journal of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences | ||||
| Article 3, Volume 27, Issue 7, July 2002, Page 4749-4761 PDF (1.1 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jaess.2002.255907 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| M. M. EI-Batran,; Somaya M. Ismail | ||||
| Department of Agricultural Economics Faculty of Agriculture - Cairo '" Y University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Agricultural sector in considered one of the pioneer sectors for realization economic development in Egypt, so the objective of the study is to explore the Performance Efficiency in the Egyptian Agricultural Sector. The study used the simple and multiple regression for achieving the objective, and some measures of Performance Efficiency criteria, l.e, Investment Rate, Productivity Investment, Investment Multiplier, Accelerator Investment, Labor Productivity. The data were collected from different sources, to cover the period subject to study (1987-2000). The results showed that the agricultural Sector came in the second order according to Investment Rate and Productivity Investment criteria. On the other hand the results reflect Performance Efficiency in the agricultural sector due to Investment Multiplier criterion, but Labor Productivity was in the last order during the period subject to study. To display the role of technical advanced in agriculture, Cobb-Douglas production function was estimated, and the results showed that the elasticities with respect to labor, capital, technology, and cultivated area were 0.83, 0.39, 0.01, 0.14 respectively, and the gross elasticity was about 1.37, which means increasing return to scale, because the production process is still in the first stage. Recommendations of the study are concerning increasing the efficiency of agricultural inputs, training for labor, the importance of horizontal agricultural expansion and reclamation in the desert lands annually, improving the quality of the existing land, increasing the agricultural investments to face requirements of vertical agricultural development. | ||||
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