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An Economic Analysis of the Efficiency of Irrigation Water Use in the Production of the Most Important Water-consuming Crops in Egypt

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Economic

Abstract

The research aimed to analysis the efficiency of irrigation water use in the production of the most important water-consuming crops in Egypt by studying the economic efficiency indicators and estimating the production efficiency of the most important water-consuming agricultural crops in Egypt, namely Wheat, Sugar Beet, Rice, Maize, and Sugar cane to reach the best levels standards for productive efficiency in the irrigation water. The research applied Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) as one of the linear programming methods that are used to measure production efficiency as a non-parametric mathematical model to find the boundary efficiency curve for a group of similar production units and measure their performance and decision-making. The results showed that the sugar Beet crop is considered the most efficient crop of irrigation water use and achieved a net return for the water unit amounting reached 1402 pounds over the period (2003-2019). It also achieved the highest productivity per unit of irrigation water, which amounted 8.81 tons, and it is the lower crop needs irrigation water per ton.

DOI

10.21608/jsas.2022.110363.1326

Keywords

economic efficiency, Production Efficiency, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEAP), Irrigation Water, Wheat, Maize, Egypt

Authors

First Name

Moataz

Last Name

Eliw

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Affiliation

Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, P.O Box 71524, Assiut, Egypt.

Email

moatazeliw@azhar.edu.eg

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Orcid

0000-0003-0666-3502

Volume

48

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

34780

Issue Date

2022-06-01

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2021-12-09

Publish Date

2022-06-01

Page Start

165

Page End

179

Print ISSN

2536-9571

Online ISSN

2536-958X

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https://jsas.journals.ekb.eg/article_225408.html

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364

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Journal

Publication Title

Journal of Sustainable Agricultural Sciences

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

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An Economic Analysis of the Efficiency of Irrigation Water Use in the Production of the Most Important Water-consuming Crops in Egypt

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22 Jan 2023