دراسة اقتصادية لإنتاج أهم محاصيل الحبوب في الوطن العربي

الملخص EN

The research dealt with the study of the economics of production of the most important grain crops in the Arab world, the geographical concentration of the most important grain-producing countries, and the instability coefficient for the production of the most important grain crops in the Arab world.

the research also dealt with the study of some economic indicators related to Arab food security for the most important cereal crops, such as periods of production adequacy for local consumption, adequacy of imports for local consumption, strategic stock and food security coefficient for the most important cereal crops in the Arab world during the period (2000-2018).

it was found that the total area of cereal crops increased in the Arab world, with an increase rate of about 0.9%, while production increased at an increasing rate of about 1.0%.

while it was found that the value of the geographical concentration coefficient (Ginni-Herschmann) for the production of grain crops decreased, and it amounted to about 0.47, which indicates the multiplicity of countries producing of these crops in the Arab world.

it was also shown that the value of the instability index for the production of grain crops increased, reaching about 11.7%, which indicates the instability of the production of grain crops.

it was also found that the size of the strategic stock of grain crops has achieved a deficit of about 41.42 million tons, while the food security factor has reached about 0.004%, which indicates a decline in food security for grain crops in the Arab world, therefore, it is necessary to increase the size of the strategic stock of grain crops to suffice for domestic consumption for a sufficient period.

the research found some suggested recommendations to reduce the Arab food gap for the most important grain crops, including : 1-encouraging the investment in the agricultural sector, to increase the area of land cultivated with grain crops, and to achieve a surplus in production, sufficient to cover consumption, and increase the self-sufficiency ratio of those strategic crops.

2-activating Arab agricultural integration to increase the returns of intra-agricultural foreign trade with Arab countries.