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Patterns and Determinants of Egyptian Consumption of Meat and Fish

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The study showed that the population, imports of red meat, and retail prices of red meat are the most important factors affecting the amount of red meat consumed during the study period. But the production of white meat, the population and the retail price of white meat are the most important factors affecting the amount of white meat consumed. As for the most important factors affecting the amount of fish consumed, they were represented in fish imports, national income, retail prices of fish and retail prices of white meat. The study also found that the meat group ranks first among the food groups, with a spending rate of about 27.4% and 28.19% of the total spending on food and drink in both rural and urban areas, respectively. While fish ranked sixth with a spending rate of about 6.37% and 6.88% in both rural and urban areas, respectively for the year 2017/2018. It also showed that the annual per capita spending on both meat and fish varies according to the spending categories of the family, and the annual per capita spending on meat in urban areas has increased by 13.65%, 39.64% from its counterpart in rural in each of the second spending category (50 thousand - less than 100 thousand pounds) and the third category (100 thousand pounds or more), respectively, and an increase in the annual per capita spending on fish in urban areas by 6.1%, 23.29% and 84.17% over its counter-part in the rural in the three spending categories, respectively. The spending flexibility in urban areas compared to the countryside on the two groups of meat and fish also increased, as the spending elasticity of the meat group reached about 0.492 and 0.677 in both rural and urban areas, respectively, while the spending elasticity for fish reached about 0.369 and 0.645 in both rural and urban areas, respectively.

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10.21608/ajs.2021.57784.1330

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Patterns and determinants, Egyptian consumption, meat, fish, flexibility, Gini coefficient

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Awad

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Basiouny

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Department of Economics, Agricultural Extension and Rural Extension Development, Faculty of Agriculture, Damnhour University, Egypt

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awad_bassiouny@yahoo.com

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0000-0003-1438-9937

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Olfat

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melouk

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Dept.of Agricultural Economics Faculty of Agriculture Damanhour University, Egypt

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dr.olfat@yahoo.com

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Damanhour

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0000-0002-9073-8003

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Afaf

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Mohamed

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Department of Economics, Agricultural Extension and Rural Extension Development, Faculty of Agriculture, Damnhour University, Egypt

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afafmoneim@gmail.com

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Tamer

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Adlan

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Department of Economics, Agricultural Extension and Rural Extension Development, Faculty of Agriculture, Damnhour University, Egypt

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tameradlan2017@gmail.com

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29

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1

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25482

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2021-04-01

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2021-01-12

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2021-04-01

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133

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150

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1110-2675

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2636-3585

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Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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Patterns and Determinants of Egyptian Consumption of Meat and Fish

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22 Jan 2023