المردود الاقتصادي لاستخدام التقاوي المحسنة في إنتاج أهم محاصيل الحبوب

Abstract EN

The research aimed to study the economic return of using improved seeds in the production of wheat, maize, and rice crops during the period (2009-2019), and the effect of blinding them on the size of the gap and the self-sufficiency rates of those crops.

the results showed a decrease in the area covered with improved seeds of the study crops, which may be due to the weak role of agricultural extension and the high prices.

and by studying the effect of generalizing the use of improved seeds in the production of the study crops, it became clear that the total production of these crops increased, which resulted in a decrease in the size of the food gap, and thus reducing the amount of imports from those crops, and reducing the Egyptian import bill of grain crops by about 6.6 billion pounds, and it also contributes to saving about 1.8 pounds.

billion cubic meters of water used in the production of the study crops as an average for the period (2015-2019), so the study recommends the need to work to increase the quantity produced of improved seeds, whether in the governmental or private sectors, and to provide them at appropriate prices for farmers, in addition to the need to activate the role of agricultural extension to raise awareness of the importance of using improved seeds.