الكفاءة الاقتصادية لعوائد عنصري العمل البشري و رأس المال على إنتاج النخيل في الأراضي الجديدة : (دراسة حالة بمحافظة الوادي الجديد)‎

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New Valley Governorate is considered one of the most important areas in palm production in Egypt.

Despite this importance, agricultural statistics indicated a significant decrease in the productivity of palm trees in the New Valley Governorate throughout the past few years compared to its productivity at the level of the Republic, which means the loss of large quantities of palm production annually.

Based on this problem, the research generally aimed at identifying the performance of palm farms in the New Valley Governorate, and to estimate the productive and economic efficiency for these farms, in an attempt to reach some solutions and recommendations that may help both farmers and decision-makers in how to increase the productivity and production of palm trees in The new valley Governorate, and how to optimize the exploiting of available agricultural resources.

The research depend on the descriptive and quantitative statistical analytical approach.

The research also depend mainly on the field data, which collected through a random sample of 97 palm farms in the New Valley Governorate in the agricultural season of 2019.

The research findings can be summarized as the following: 1.

The results indicated to a significant decrease in the annual productivity of palm trees in the New Valley Governorate compared to its productivity at the level of the Republic during the period (2000-2019).

2.

On average, the constant costs of palm production in the study sample amounted to about 1676.98 L.E/acre, which represents about 6% of the total production costs per acre (28008.1 L.E/acre), whereas the variable costs (costs of production requirements) amounted to about 26,325.12 L.E/acre, which represents about 94% of the total costs.

3.

According to the constant return to scale, the technical efficiency of palm farms in the first category ranged between a minimum of 44.4% and a maximum of 100%, and with an average of 74.9%, whereas, According to the variable return to scale, it ranged between a minimum of 75.6% and a maximum of 100%, with an average of 93.8%.

As for the scale efficiency, it ranged between a minimum of 44.4% and a maximum of 100%, with an average of 80.5%.

4.

According to the constant return to scale, the technical efficiency of palm farms in the second category ranged between a minimum of 59.7% and a maximum of 100%, with an average of 82.2%, whereas, According to the variable return to scale, it ranged between a minimum of 71% and a maximum of 100%, With an average of 89.1%.

The scale efficiency of palm farms in the second category ranged between a minimum of 59.7% and a maximum of 100%, with an average of 92.5%.

5.

According to the constant return to scale, the technical efficiency of palm farms in the third category ranged between a minimum of 66.1% and a maximum of 100%, with an average of 84.8%, whereas, According to the variable return to scale, it ranged between a minimum of 636.3% and a maximum of 100%, with an average of 89.8%.

The scale efficiency amounted to be about 95.7% as an average of the third category, ranging between a minimum of 69.2% and a maximum of 100%.

6.

The allocative efficiency of palm farms in the first category ranged between a minimum of 53.2% and a maximum of 88.3%, with an average estimated at 72.1%, whereas, the economic efficiency ranged between a minimum of 52.4% and a maximum of 88.3%, and an average of 67.5% .

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The allocative efficiency of palm farms in the second category ranged between a minimum of 49.8% and a maximum of 99%, with an average of 81.4%, whereas, the economic efficiency ranged between a minimum of 49.8% and a maximum of 98.6%, with an average of 71.6%.

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The allocative efficiency of palm farms in the third category ranged between a minimum of 60.9% and a maximum of 98.6%, and an average of 86.7%, whereas, the economic efficiency ranged between a minimum of 60.9% and a maximum of 97.6%, And an average of 77.4%.

In the light of these results, the study offered some recommendations.

These recommendations centered around :(Activating the role of the government in educating the palm farmers on the need to rationalize the economic resources in the production, the necessity to reduce the prices of agricultural production requirements, the need to accumulate the sizes of agricultural lands, following the scientific methods in managing farms of various sizes, reallocation of economic resources to get the same level of production or more under the constraint of reducing the costs.