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An Economic Study of the Effects of Infringement on Agricultural Lands in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Abstract

The study aims at identifying the economic effects of the infringement on agricultural lands in Kafr El Sheikh Governorate. The most important results of the study were the rise of the annual average area of infringement in the whole country from about 2.3, 10.3 thousand feddans during the period (1983-2010), (2011-2018) respectively , equivalent to about 4.5 times the pre-revolution level. It also rose in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate from about 93.3 feddans to about 740.7 feddans for the same two periods, equivalent to about 7.9 times its pre-revolution level . The study estimated the loss of net agricultural income for the following crops :ً Wheat , Sugar Beet , Clover, Clover Tahreesh, Broad Beans, Onion , Flax , Potatoes , Tomato at 8.5, 33.0, 75.9, 7.7, 0.15, 0.40, 0.03, 0.01, 1.80 million pounds. Its counterpart for other crops such as Rice , Cotton , Maize , Nili Maize, Water-melon pulp was estimated at 11.8, 10.7, 6.1, 0.26, 10.3 million pounds. As for Potatoes, Tomato, Eggplant, Pepper, Water-melon , Cucumber they were respectively estimated at 4.12, 0.83, 0.26, 0.34, 0.84, 0.27 million pounds .The study also estimated the total loss of net agricultural income, feddan productivity, food security, daily employment at 97.4 million pounds, 169,000 tons, 32.6 thousand tons, and 1076.4 working days per man, respectively. The total area to be repaired to compensate for the loss of the area cultivated for the period (2003-2018) was estimated at 17.6 thousand feddans , at a total cost of about 1.51 billion pounds.

DOI

10.21608/jsas.2020.22695.1194

Keywords

Aggression on agricultural lands, Food security, Agricultural land resources, Private property, Public property, Economic losses, The ultimate effect, Relative effect

Authors

First Name

Mahmoud

Last Name

Fawaz

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Agricultural Economics Dept., Faculty of Agriculture, Kafr El-sheikh University

Email

drmfawaz@yahoo.com

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First Name

Mostafa

Last Name

El kblawy

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Agricultural Economics Dept., Faculty of Agriculture, Kafr El-sheikh University

Email

drmostafa787@gmail.com

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Yousef

MiddleName

Ibrahim

Affiliation

Agricultural Economics Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center

Email

mohamedyousef1122@gmail.com

City

سیدی غازی

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Volume

46

Article Issue

3

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16422

Issue Date

2020-09-01

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2020-01-19

Publish Date

2020-09-01

Page Start

147

Page End

157

Print ISSN

2536-9571

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2536-958X

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364

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Publication Title

Journal of Sustainable Agricultural Sciences

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https://jsas.journals.ekb.eg/

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An Economic Study of the Effects of Infringement on Agricultural Lands in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate

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Created At

22 Jan 2023