Agricultural sector in considered one of the pioneer sectors for
realization economic development in Egypt, so the objective of the study is to
explore the Performance Efficiency in the Egyptian Agricultural Sector. The study used the simple and multiple regression for achieving the
objective, and some measures of Performance Efficiency criteria, l.e,
Investment Rate, Productivity Investment, Investment Multiplier, Accelerator
Investment, Labor Productivity. The data were collected from different
sources, to cover the period subject to study (1987-2000). The results showed that the agricultural Sector came in the second order according to Investment Rate and Productivity Investment criteria. On the other hand the results reflect Performance Efficiency in the agricultural sector due to Investment Multiplier criterion, but Labor Productivity was in the last order during the period subject to study. To display the role of technical advanced in agriculture, Cobb-Douglas
production function was estimated, and the results showed that the elasticities
with respect to labor, capital, technology, and cultivated area were 0.83, 0.39,
0.01, 0.14 respectively, and the gross elasticity was about 1.37, which means
increasing return to scale, because the production process is still in the first
stage. Recommendations of the study are concerning increasing the efficiency
of agricultural inputs, training for labor, the importance of horizontal
agricultural expansion and reclamation in the desert lands annually, improving
the quality of the existing land, increasing the agricultural investments to face
requirements of vertical agricultural development.