دراسة اقتصادية تحليلية لزراعة أهم محاصيل الحبوب في محافظة الوادي الجديد

Abstract EN

Although the increase in the production of strategic crops in recent years, this increase was not commensurate with the needs of the growing population, the study relied on two main sources of data, the first data was a questionnaire and the other was published secondary or unpublished data.

for the analysis of data and presentation of the results, the study used the descriptive and quantitative methods.

The study reached a number of conclusions and recommendations, the most important of which were: • The value of the production requirements in the sample center in the New Valley Governorate is estimated at about 6.4%, 20%, 22% and 52.3% respectively, while the cost of agricultural work represented 45.5%, 48%, 44.2% and 29.6% ; whereas the rent represented about 34.8%, 32.1%, 33.8%, 18%, which is the highest percentage of total production costs per feddan, amounting to about 4506, 4256, 4661 pounds / feddan respectively, for the study crops for the agricultural season 2016/2017.

• The average productivity per feddan in the sample was 2.36, 2.28, 2.11, 1.12 tons per feddan for wheat, barley, maize and peanut crops, respectively.

• The value of the main output of feddan in the sample of wheat, barley, maize and groundnut reached 6527, 4332, 5569, 8961, representing 79.1%, 75.4%, 90.6% and 94.4% of the total yield of the same crops respectively, while the value of the secondary output amounted to 1712, 578,352 pounds per feddan representing about 24.6%, 9.4%, 5.6% of the total return of previous crops, respectively, for the agricultural season 2016/2017.

• The average cost per ton amounted to 1909.3, 1869.5, 1783.3 and 5828.8 pounds of wheat, barley, maize and groundnut, respectively.

Groundnut achieved the highest cost per ton, while the cost of corn was less expensive.

• The average net yield of wheat, barley, maize and groundnut was 3764, 1488.3, 2385.6 and 2972 respectively.

Wheat achieved the highest net return while barley achieved the lowest return.

• The average monthly revenue per feddan for wheat, barley, maize and groundnut in the sample was about 557.6, 248, 477.1 and 594.4 pounds respectively.

Peanuts achieved the highest monthly net yield and barley the lowest monthly return • The average yield on the pound invested in the production of wheat, barley, maize and peanuts in the sample of the study was about 83.1, 35, 63.4, 45.2 piasters, where wheat achieved the highest investment, while barley achieved the lowest return on investment.

• The variable cost of the total costs was 65.1%, 68%, 71.2% and 82% for wheat, barley, maize and goundnut, respectively.

Wheat yield was the most efficient in using variable costs, while groundnut achieved less efficiency.

• Agricultural sizes of 15 feddans and above achieved the highest economic efficiency per ton in reducing the production costs of the studied crops with a significant effect at level 0.01 for wheat, barley and groundnut of 0.05, with 9.65, 6.18 and 8.85 respectively, at significance level of o.o5 for groundnut as "F" value reached (21.93).

• Agricultural sizes of 15 feddans and above achieved the highest economic efficiency in reducing the production costs of the studied crops, with a significant effect at level 0.01 kg of wheat, barley and maize, with "F" value of (3536.44, 6248.88 and 686.23) respectively, while there was a significant effect at level 0.05 for ground as "F" reached P (21.93) • The agricultural holding category of 15 feddans and above achieved the highest net yield of wheat and barley, with a significant effect at level 0.01 for the two crops, with a value of (147.21 and 46.56) respectively, with a significant effect level 0.05 for groundnut yield, , While the effect of the maize crop was not significant.

• The percentage of the total area planted with grain under study in the Governorate accounted for about 6.2%, 8.6%, 2.0%, 3.5% of the total cultivated area of the Republic for wheat, barley, maize and groundnut respectively.

• The area of wheat, barley, maize and groundnut cultivated in the new lands represented 5.5%, 1.4%, 3.1%, 8.8% of the total cultivated area in the Governorate respectively.