OPTIMUM GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF EGYPTIAN EXPORTS OF MAIN VEGETABLE CROPS | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research | ||
| Article 19, Volume 94, Issue 4, December 2016, Pages 1067-1086 PDF (710.81 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejar.2016.153270 | ||
| Author | ||
| GAMAL M. ATTIA | ||
| Agricultural Economy Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Exports of agricultural crops play an important role in economic development given the promising contribution to the country's earnings of foreign currencies. For Egypt, vegetables come on top of the agricultural export crops that provide the foreign currencies required to close the deficit in the balance of trade and agriculture. Potatoes and onion have been selected in this research due to the fact that they represent 42.1% of the total value of vegetable exports that amounted to US$ 980 million over the period (2010-2014). The current research investigates the problem of the low volume of exports compared to the quantities produced of both crops. Main results showed the following: Studying the proposed scenarios for promoting potato and onion exports showed the following: Scenario one is a logical economic terms., Scenario two showed that potato exports can be increased by US$ 7.023 million, and that surplus export quantity can be exported to Switzerland only (12.2 thousand tons worth US$ 13 million). Based on that, it was concluded that scenario three is the best proposed scenario, where it allows increasing potato exports by US$ 58.2 million. For onions, scenario one is a logical economic terms Scenario two showed that onion exports can be increased by US$ 5.1 million, and that surplus export quantity can be exported to England and Poland (3.7 and 14.7 thousand tons worth US$ 19.7 and 6 million, respectively). Based on that, it was concluded that scenario three is the best proposed scenario, where it allows increasing potato exports by US$ 320.2 million. The research recommended the following: 1. Caring about the promising markets for the study crops by intensifying promotional and advertising activities. 2. Maintaining the traditional markets by providing their required needs at appropriate times. 3. Working to remove export obstacles by providing brochures, information and studies about export markets at appropriate times | ||
| Keywords | ||
| GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MAIN VEGETABLE CROPS | ||
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