Investment is considered one of the most tools for implementation the
agricultural development in Egypt, because its plays an important role in the change
of structure economy. In the last years the agricultural investment has declined,
furthermore some problems challenge agricultural investment itself.
So the problem and objective of this study, focus on distribution of the
investment on sectors of the economy, i.e., agriculture. industry, petroleum.
electriCity, construction, and services, with respect to the public and private sectors.
the study concentrated on the agricultural investment, and its contribution in the
national investment, and the variables that affect the agricultural investment.
The study used the simple and multiple regression for achieving the these
objectives, The data were collected from differenl sources, to cover the period subject
to study (1985-2000),. Results of the study showed that the services sector came in the tirst class by about 60.67% in its conlribution with respect to the investment of public sector, also
the electricity, industry, agriculture, petroleum, and construction sectors contributed
by about 13.52%, 11.37%, 10.09%,2.61%,1.74% respectively.On the other hand the services sector came in the first class by about 46.64% in its contribution with respect to the investment of private sector, also the industry, agriculture, petroleum, construction, and electricity sectors contributed by about 27.11%, 11.34%, 11.24%, 2.59%, 1.06% respectively.
In general the services sector came in the first class by about 53.21% in its contribution with respect to the national investment, also the industry, agriculture, petroleum, electricity. and ccnstructlon sectors contributed by about 19.75%, 10.76%, 7.21%,6.88%,2.19% espectively. The agricultural investment function disp < /span>layed that agricultural income, interest rate, national investment, and the ratio of export to Import on the agricultural level have Significant effect on the change of the agricultural investment. The study recommends increasing agricultural investment, for fulfillment requirements of agricultural development, by decreasing interest rate. as a tool of expanding monetary policy in the agricultural sector.