THE IMPACT OF HIGHER AGRICULTURAL WAGES AND INPUTS ON COST OF PRODUCTION FOR SOMEIMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL CROPS IN SHARKIA GOVERNORATE | ||
| Journal of Productivity and Development | ||
| Article 5, Volume 20, Issue 1, January 2015, Pages 83-119 PDF (637.24 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jpd.2015.42773 | ||
| Author | ||
| Elsayed Elsayed Gad* | ||
| Agricultural Economics Research Institute-Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Agricultural labor and agricultural inputs are the basis of the agricultural production process Agricultural crop production, cannot be establish Thus agricultural cost items are divided into the costs spread over agricultural operations such as the preparation of the land for farming, agriculture, irrigation, fertilization, service, and resistance to pests and harvesting and the transfer of the crop or the costs are distributed to wages and other Inputs including labor wages and animal service to him and the price of the seed , pesticides , fertilizers municipal, chemical and other expenses, and represents the wages of agricultural workers, about 42% of the total crop production costs for intensive use of agricultural labor in the agricultural year 2014/2015 and to indicate the impact of rising wages and Inputs on a sample of the field study , the results of Secondary data was found no significant difference between the wages estimates and Inputs by using secondary data and sample data to both crops study. Respectively, wheat, sugar beet, rice and maize study tested the difference between the Mediterranean show that there is significant difference between the wages of estimates and inputs of the costs of wheat and beet While sugar does not have a fabrication significant estimates. between wages and inputs of the costs of rice, corn. Results:- 1-Rising cost of living has increased agricultural wages, even though it did not reflect worker productivity and Reflect percentage increase production. 2-increase all prices of goods and services led to the increase of employment and raise wages to not fit with the increase in prices of agricultural products. 3-The non-availability of health care to the farmers by the government hospitals and the lack of insurance on the farmers, leading to their inability to access hospitals and the most important problems that correspond to agricultural workers. 4-Low-level skill with the agricultural labor in dealing with modern technology, leading to increased agricultural losses. 5- Increase the contribution of the agricultural wages of the total overall costs to approximately 48%. 6-increase the proportion of the contribution of production requirements of the total overall costs to nearly about 34.1%. 7-Increase the proportion of the contribution of the agricultural wages of the total overall costs to approximately 25%. 8-The total revenue to cost ratio for both of wheat, sugar beet, rice, maize, about 1.48%, 1.38%, 1.29%, 1.38%, respectively. Recommendations: 1-Increase agricultural communities in agriculture to overcome the fragmentation possessory allowing increased use of agricultural machinery and productivity savings for farmers to achieve a profit margin for the farmer appropriate 2-Attempt to restore confidence among business owners of farm and agricultural 2-workers in the performance of work and achieve outstanding productivity to achieve production efficiency under the prevailing wage for agricultural workers 3-State adopted do training courses for farmers on the use of agricultural mechanization to optimize the use of machinery and equipment and reducing losses in productive Jana and harvesting. 4-Availability of health care to the farmers by the government hospitals and provision of health insurance to the farmers, leading to increased productivity some internal providing security and satisfaction to have. 5-Try to put the guarantee prices of agricultural crops Rewards increase in costs in order to achieve a profit margin for the farmer appropriate. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| impact; higher agricultural wages and inputs; Cost of production; some important agricultural crops; Sharkia governorate | ||
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