دور الأعلاف و أثارها على تنمية الثروة الحيوانية في مصر و محافظة كفر الشيخ

Abstract EN

Animal food constitutes about 70-80% of the total operational inputs to the animal production process in many regions of the world, and animal production contributes about 191.51 billion pounds, representing about 37.17% of the value of agricultural production in Egypt.

the problem of the study was the increase in the value of animal feed, in addition to the abundance of green fodder in the winter season, as well as the low rate of operation in feed factories, which indicates the existence of idle investments in this field.

the research aimed to identify the current situation of fodder, whether green, dry or processed, in addition to determining the size of the fodder gap and proposals to reduce it for the advancement of animal production to raise the rate of self-sufficiency in Egypt and Kafr El-Sheikh governorate.

indicators of agricultural and livestock income in Egypt : the obtained results indicated that the average value of agricultural production and its requirements and net agricultural income during the period (2000-2019) took a general incremental trend with an annual growth rate of about 11.2%, 12.3%, 11.2% for each of them, respectively.

the annual average during the study period, as indicators of the development of the value of green, dry, concentrated and processed fodder indicate that it has taken a general incremental trend with an annual growth rate of about 13.3%, 11.0%, 14.7%, 18.3% for each of them, respectively, from the annual average during the study period.

the results of the estimates available of food compounds and digested crude protein for feed in the republic and Kafr El-Sheikh governorate indicate that the coverage rate reached about 29.98%, 86.51% in the republic, and about 65.66%, 189.46% in the governorate, and this surplus is equivalent to about 2723.37 thousand tons of green fodder, with an area equivalent to about 60.08 thousand acres of perennial alfalfa during the average period, which could be used and directed to the cultivation of winter crops.