Analytical Study of wheat Production costs Under Economic liberalization Policy | ||
| Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development | ||
| Article 23, Volume 20, Issue 2, July 2006, Pages 40-60 PDF (548.75 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research articles. | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/fjard.2006.197611 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Adly S. Tolba1; Yehia . M . M . Ahmed2 | ||
| 1El Fayoum University Faculty of Agriculture Dept. of Agric. Economic | ||
| 2Institute of Agricultural Economic Research (Alexandria Unit) | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Wheat is one of the strategic food crops. The state is working hard to achieve self sufficiency from this cereal crop in order to attain food security and to reduce the quntity imported of wheat. on the Egyptian economy Emplementing some economic liberalization policy produced changes in the structure of production costs and returns of wheat and other agricultural products. The study Aims to investigating effect of economic reform policy on some production and economic variables for wheat crop, by investigating the effect through comparning between two periods, the period of study are divided two periods, the first before applying economic reform policy (1982 – 1990), the second after applying that policy (1991 – 2003) the study applied some economtric procdures to fulfillment the objective . The results indicate that the structural changes of Egyptian economic reform. affected on the cultivated area of wheat, productivity per feddan, wheat production, total wheat revenue, total wheat costs, farm price, and net revenue of wheat , value- added , and internal terms of trade, The study proposed the following recommendation:- 1- Increasing farm prices or provision of improved seed varieties will provide a greet incentive for wheat farmers to increase the wheat cultivated area the production of wheat. 2- Activating the role of extension programs by increasing the area and number of the extension fields to help the adoption of new technology in wheat production. | ||
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