دراسة مقارنة للكفاءة الاقتصادية و التسويقية لمحصول الكراوية التقليدي و العضوي بالظهير الصحراوي لمحافظة الفيوم

Abstract EN

The research problem is confined to the fact that although medicinal and aromatic plants, are considered one of the most important export crop, it did not find sufficient attention to improving the productive efficiency of producers, it was clear from the results of the production function of traditional caraway and that the most important factors affecting are the amount of automated work per hour, the amount of nitrogen fertilizer in the effective unit and the amount of potassium fertilizer, on the other hand, it was found that the most important factors affecting the amount produced from organic caraway were the amount of compost per cubic meter, the amount of human labor per man / working day, the amount of fertilizer per liter and the amount of water, while the results of the cost function for the traditional and organic caraway showed that the optimal size amounted to 1.4 tons for the traditional compared to about 1.3 tons for the organic cultivation.

it was found that about 4 producers work at maximum capacity efficiency, about 12 producers work in the phase of increasing capacity, and about 9 producers work in the phase of decreasing capacity, representing about 16%, 48%, 36%, respectively.

on the other hand, about 1 producer operates at maximum capacity efficiency, about 14 producers work in the phase of increasing capacity, and about 10 producers work in the phase of decreasing capacity, representing about 4%, 56%, 40%, respectively.

therefore, the research is recommended to pay attention to the cultivation of organic caraway