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ECONOMIC STUDY FOR WHEAT CROP IN ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Wheat is considered  one of the most important crop, and the essential food products in Egypt. So, it take the attention of economic policy makers to overcome the food gap between production and consumption . The study aims mainly to analyze the impacts of some domestic and international policies on production, consumption and imports of wheat. For this purpose data of each of cultivated area, productivity, farm gate price, production costs, net return, consumption and imports of wheat are used during the study period (1990-2006) . The results indicated that the production of wheat during (1990-2006) tends to increase by 238 thousand tons annually, representing 3.89% of the average production which was about 6012 thousand tons. In addition , the consumption of wheat during the some period tends to increase by 147 thousand tons annually, representing 1.34% of the average consumption, which was a bout 10800 thousand tons. The study estimated the wheat food gap by 4940 thousand tons during the same period . The results obtained from the suitable supply response function of wheat in Egypt during the period (1990-2006) indicated that the wheat cultivated area was affected positively by the farm price and the cultivated area lagged by one year(t-1) . The results obtained showed that the annual increase in the net return of wheat estimated by 66 L.E per feddan annually . The domestic demand function of Egyptian wheat was estimated. The results showed that the imported quantity of wheat was affected positively by the increasing population and the sorghum price. Several recommendations have been discussed in the study to improve the Egyptian wheat production and imports.

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10.21608/ajas.2007.271962

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Ggamal El Deen

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Mohamed Zaky

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Agric. Econ. Res. Instit- Agric. Res. Center, Dokki, Egypt

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Mamdouh

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Elsayed Mahmoud

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Agric. Econ. Res. Instit- Agric. Res. Center, Dokki, Egypt

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Suzan

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Abd-Almageed Abo Almagd

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Agric. Econ. Department, Assiut University, Egypt

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38

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3

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37800

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2007-12-01

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2007-03-06

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2007-12-01

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289

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302

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1110-0486

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2356-9840

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Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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22 Jan 2023