AN ECONOMIC STUDY OF OPTIMUM CROP PATTERN IN THE EGYPTIAN AGRICULTURE | ||
| Journal of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences | ||
| Article 6, Volume 31, Issue 10, October 2006, Pages 6425-6434 PDF (162.61 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jaess.2006.157652 | ||
| Author | ||
| Moshera M. A. El-Batran | ||
| The Higher Institue of Specific Studies. Giza | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Land resource is considered one of the essential elements in the agricultural economic development. so the government paid attention in expanding this input. The crop pattern in Egypt has changed. according to profit maximization from the point of view the farmers. so the optimum economic use and utilization from the agricultural inputs. is considered goal of the agricultural developments. \- The research problem and the objective of the study handles the nature of crop pattern and its restrictions to achieve the maximum profit from through the optimum use of the available inputs. i.e.. land. water irrigation. agricultural labor. and cost of production. The data are collected during 2004. from different sources. 0n the other hand the study applied the linear programming method (LP). to solve the optimality problems, with respect to profit maximization of crop pattern to 35 agricultural crops. include winter. summer. Nile. and perennial crops. To achieve the objectives of optimum crop pattern. linear programming model was specified and estimated. to determine the appropriate crop pattern. The optimum solution indicate that there are increase in the total net return of crop patterns in Egypt. reached about 25129 million LE. and exceed the actual total net return of crop pattern by 344 million LE. and by about 1.35% o the real net return that reached about 24795 million L.E.. Finally some recommendations may be applied for economic utility with respect to the Egyptian farmers and the state. i.e.. increasing cereals crops especially. wheat and maize, decreasing rice and sugar cane crops. also increasing vegetables crops for exporting. cotton for industry. and forage crops for animal. It can be said that if the expected crop pattern was generalize. will serve many fields in the developing of economic planning. | ||
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