Analytical economic study to estimate the production functions of the apple crop in Sha’bia (1) Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar - Libya | ||
| Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development | ||
| Article 35, Volume 23, Issue 1, January 2009, Pages 53-76 PDF (717.1 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research articles. | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/fjard.2009.197047 | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The Study aimed to identify the most important factors affecting the production of apple crop in the green mountain (AL.JABAL-ALKHDAR) municipality by estimating the economic efficiency of the resources used to measure the impact of each of the components used in the production of the apple crop, as the study also aimed to identify the cost of resources used in production process and the efficient use of them . In addition the study aimed to analysis the most important problems facing apple crop farmers in the sample research study, and to propose the most important solutions to overcome them or to (reduce them) . The study was depended On field data from the study area of apple growers through the year of 2006 in achieving its goals . The field study indicated that the most important productive inputs affecting the production of apple crop were the quantity of fertilizer, the quantity of pesticides, irrigation water quantity, the number of labor employed and experience of farmers in growing the crop, and results of the study showed also that the elasticities of production which is derived from production functions of farms that their area (size) is from four hectares to eight hectares (second acquirement category) and derived from farms that their area (size) is more than eight hectares (third acquirement category) are describing the relation of decreasing returns to scale, while the elasticities of production of (first acquirement category) farms with an area is less than four hectares and of the total study sample (105 farms) showed the relation of increasing returns to scale . The elasticities of production were equals to about (1.16, 0.73, 0.70, 1.10) for first, second, third category, and for total study sample respectively. It also noted that the production of apple faced a series of problems and obstacles that were identified through the questionnaire of the research study , which are the lack of markets for production, disposal lack of irrigation water, increase of the price of raw materials such as fertilizers and pesticides, lack of manpower specializing in technical operations and finally reduced price of Selling the crop < br />especially during harvest season . | ||
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