أثر السعة المزرعية على الكفاءة الإنتاجية و الاقتصادية لمحصول الطماطم الشتوي في محافظة الوادي الجديد

الملخص EN

The state is interested in the tomato crop because it is one of the strategic vegetable crops.

The tomato crop is also of great interest to the farmers because it is a fast-growing and high-yield crop especially if modern scientific recommendations are applied starting from the selection of Seeding suitable hybrids and providing the best conditions and transactions in order to increase the feddan productivity which ultimately leads to achieving a high return that covers the high production costs and provides the farmer with an adequate net return.

The research problem is represented in the decrease in the winter area tomato crop in the New Valley Governorate in addition to the relative stability of the feddan productivity which ultimately leads to a decrease in the production of the crop.

The research aimed to study the economics production of the winter tomato crop and the effect of scale economies on the productive and economic efficiency of winter tomato crop in New Valley Governorate and it was found that the production of the winter tomato crop took a statistically significant general decreasing trend estimated about 1.712 thousand tons annually during the period (2000-2019) due to the decrease in both the cultivated area and the feddan productivity.

The estimation of the production functions showed that the most important factors affecting the production of the winter tomato crop for the total field study sample in The New Valley Governorate are the added amount of municipal fertilizer, nitrogen fertilizer, and agricultural sulfur and that the total farmers of the field study sample can increase their profits by increasing the quantity used of these elements So that the value of its marginal productivity is equal to its marginal cost and it becomes clear that the farmers of the third holding category are superior to the farmers of the first and second ones according to the economic efficiency indicators used.

It also became clear that the most important problems facing winter tomato farmers in The New Valley Governorate are the imposition of fees for the exit of crops outside the governorate, including the winter tomato crop, while the governorate allows entry of all crops from outside the governorate without imposing any economics fees.

The poor condition of the roads and the high freight, this hinders the marketing of the crop inside and outside the governorate, and the marketing of the crop is limited to fresh marketing only.

Recommendations: Raising the feddan productivity of the tomato crop by providing improved seeds and high-yielding and diseaseresistant hybrids ones.

Increasing the guiding role of the Agricultural Research Center through research stations located within the governorate and expanding the establishment of fields and extension schools for farmers to implement the recommended technical recommendations encouraging investors to set up factories for tomato products within the governorate by granting tax and other exemptions, and opening marketing outlets at the governorate's centers, cities and villages level for ease of circulation and disposal of production.