Trends of Key Red Meat and Chicken Production in Egypt "إتجاهات إنتاج أهم أنواع اللحوم الحمراء والدجاج فى مصر" | ||
| Alexandria Journal of Agricultural Sciences | ||
| Article 6, Volume 69, Issue 4, December 2024, Pages 485-500 PDF (1.13 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/alexja.2024.329174.1099 | ||
| Author | ||
| Howayda Botros* | ||
| Agricultural Economics Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The research objective is to identify trends in the production of the main types of red meat and chicken in Egypt during the period 2001-2022. The study focuses specifically on the production of beef, buffalo meat, and chicken due to their economic and social importance. The results indicate that chicken production is increasing annually by statistically significant rate of about 0.063 thousand tons. Conversely, red meat production is declining each year by statistically significant rate of about 0.02 thousand tons. Additionally, buffalo meat production annually decline by significant of about 0.035 thousand tons, while beef production is declining by statistically insignificant rate. The study indicates that by increasing both dry and concentrated feed and the value of loans by 10 percent, beef production increases by about 8.84 percent. When both dry feed and loans are increased by 10 percent, buffalo meat production rises by about 24.17 percent. An increase of 10 percent in both loans and dry feed results in a rise of about 14.07 percent in red meat production. This indicates diminishing returns to scale in the production of beef, buffalo meat, and Total red meat in Egypt. The study recommends the importance of providing concentrated and dry feed and increasing the allocation of loans for livestock and poultry. Additionally, it emphasizes the need to transition from the initial production phase characterized by diminishing returns to a more sustainable phase by ensuring high-quality feed with an appropriate nutritional balance to maintain sustainable livestock and poultry production in Egypt. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Red meat; chicken; diminishing returns to scale; livestock feed; production efficiency | ||
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