الجدوى الاقتصادية لمشروعات إنتاج عسل النحل الممولة من جهاز تنمية المشروعات الصغيرة بمحافظة الدقهلية

Abstract EN

Bee honey is of great nutritional importance, as it contains elements that provide the body with many necessary needs, and that it heals people from many diseases, as God Almighty told us about it {(And your Lord inspired to the bee، "Take for yourself among the mountains, houses ,and among the tree and [in] that which they construct)(68).

(Then eat from all the fruits and follow the ways of your lord laod down[for you]".

There emerges from their bellies a drink,varying in colors,in which there is healing for people.

Indeed in that is a sign for a people who give thought)(69)} An-Nahl This has helped to make good use of beekeeping, raise honey production and obtain the largest return, also there are many other bee products that are no less important than the production of honey as a source of income for beekeepers, such as the production of bee parcels, queens, royal food and bee venom.

In addition to honey in its medicinal and nutritional uses, there is another use that has importance and impact on agricultural income, which is the important role played by the honey bee in pollinating the flowers of agricultural crops, which leads to a qualitative and quantitative increase in the yield of acre, which has a positive impact on farmers and national income.

Where the honey bee is one of the most important pollinating insects, it was found that 8% of field and horticultural crops depend on it for pollination, and about fifty crops either depend entirely on bees’ pollination or that their increased production is due to the role played by this insect in pollination.

Therefore, the focus in this study is on the feasibility study of the honey bee breeding project and the financial evaluation of the beekeeping projects in Dakahlia Governorate as one of the projects that facilitate the joining of young graduates to it, and also as one of the small and micro agricultural investment projects that have absorbed a significant amount of young graduates.

To reduce unemployment at the present time in Dakahlia Governorate, during the agricultural season 2018-2019.

The problem of the study is to raise the economic efficiency of some existing agricultural investment projects in Dakahlia Governorate, by conducting a financial evaluation of these projects in light of some assumptions that aim to achieve the maximum possible economic efficiency, in order to give a clear picture to investors of the actual situation of honey beekeeping projects, and that To enable the investor to invest his money as efficiently as possible.

The study aimed mainly at conducting an evaluation of the financial performance of beekeeping projects.

The focus in this study was on the discounted criteria only, which take the time element into account or calculate the inflation rate or take the time value of the unit of money through a study: - Evaluating the investment costs, production costs, maintenance and operating costs of the project.

Evaluation of revenues and the value of capital assets at the end of the project's life span.

- Calculate the indicators of the financial evaluation of the project in order to make a decision regarding the success of the investment in this project, as well as analyze the sensitivity of the project.

In achieving its objectives, this study relied on the descriptive and quantitative statistics method in analyzing the data and drawing conclusions in the form of semi logarithmic regression (the exponential function) and in estimating the general trend equations as well as the criteria used in evaluating the commercial or financial profitability of the beekeeping project.

And use only discounted criteria as, Benefit / Cost Ratio (B/C)، Profitability Index (P.I), Net Present Value (N.P.V), Standard Internal Rate of Return (IRR).

The published and unpublished data obtained from the official authorities necessary to conduct this study were obtained from several sources, the most important of which are the Social Fund for Development in Mansoura, Dakahlia Governorate, and many different sources were relied upon to cover the research elements through studies, reports, publications and periodicals for government agencies.

Various sources such as the Ministry of Planning, the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, the National Planning Institute, and other sources.

The primary data was obtained through a questionnaire form 10 forms for honey bee breeding projects, in addition to the Internet and specialized references in the subject of the study.

One of the most important results was that this project achieves at the discount rate of 15%, a positive net present value estimated at about 140541.0868 pounds / year, in addition to the fact that the ratio of discounted cash flows to discounted costs > 1.

The discounted profitability index for this project was estimated at 1.44%, which is a value greater than the correct one.

It means that each invested pound has given a net return of 44 piasters, which exceeds the opportunity cost of this project represented in the interest rate on borrowing estimated at about 16%, which indicates that the project had the capabilities and ability to recover the fixed capital and production costs.

(Variable) and operating costs (depreciation, maintenance) incurred on it.

In addition to achieving a return of 28% on the use of the money invested by the investor (self financing), and it is required to achieve an economic return of 14%, as a minimum, or borrowed by the Social Fund for Development or (currently Small Enterprises Development Agency) at an interest rate of 10%, Or in the case of borrowing from the bank, where the interest rate is estimated at 16%, so this project was able to cover the loan and its cost (interests), and an additional profit remains for the investor, estimated at 28%, which is the difference between the best alternative opportunity of 16% (the bank) and investment in the project 44%.

Therefore, in light of the current results, financing this project can be considered a successful work by the Social Fund for Development or (currently the Small Enterprises Development Agency), so the study recommend continuing to finance these types of projects according to this criterion.

By surveying the opinions of the owners of the beehives of the field research sample in Dakahlia Governorate to identify the problems and obstacles they face, the results of the field research showed that there are many problems and obstacles that can be identified, the most important of which is the reduction of parcel cells due to the high prices of parcels, the high prices of production requirements, especially the prices of sugar in the winter High wages of trained seasonal workers, decrease in cotton and alfalfa areas of cultivation, citrus and sunflowers, high prices of medicines, frequent spraying of pesticides, difficulty in obtaining sufficient loans, dissatisfaction of beekeepers with the role of agricultural extension in the field of awareness and guidance, high cost of marketing and publicity and advertising the importance of Bee's honey.

And overcoming the solution of these problems that face apiaries owners in the field of raising honey bees, as they had some suggestions that they reached, the most important of which were: - Revitalizing the role of agricultural extension by holding training courses by providing extension apiaries, paying attention to increasing the areas of cotton, alfalfa grass, citrus and sunflowers, Alert farmers to reduce chemical resistance to pests that infect agricultural crops, educate farmers about the importance of honey bees for agricultural crop productivity, provide production requirements, especially sugar, hold training courses for beekeepers in apiary breeding activity, provide loans and reduce interest rates, reduce guarantees and remove obstacles Administrative and routine, finding effective drugs for diseases affecting honey bees.

The research also recommends the generalization of these projects at the level of Dakahlia Governorate, while providing financial support to the owners of honey bee production projects and providing all guarantees and financial facilities, whether through medium or long-term loans with simple interest, and supporting the prices of production requirements.