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An analytical study of agricultural investment in Egypt

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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In spite of the importance of the agricultural sector in the Egyptian economy, the interest of governments in this sector is not commensurate with its importance. The problem of the study is the weakness of the investments directed to its number in a way that does not contribute to the advancement of the sector and to achieve the desired agricultural development. This investigation aims to find out solutions in terms of studying the development. Thus, the value of investments to economic sectors, and the most important variables affecting agricultural investment were evaluated. The results indicate that the agricultural sector comes second and last in terms of the value of spot investments. Both public and private sectors had different significant trends at an annual rate of about 16.86 and 10, 17 billion pounds, respectively. The average investment directed to the agricultural sector during the study period was about 5.2%, while the agricultural GDP was about 12.98%. In conclusion, the necessity of changing the state's strategy for distributing investments among the various commodity sectors in a manner that achieves the maximum economic efficiency. Working on an expansionary monetary policy to increase the volume of investments directed to the agricultural sector. Working to encourage agricultural investments by reducing the interest rate on agricultural loans to encourage investors to invest in agricultural projects.

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10.21608/ajar.2020.153414

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Agricultural investment, Commodity sectors, Agricultural GDP

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mohamed

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Nagy

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Department of Agriculture Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, Egypt

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mohamednagy.2049@azhar.edu.eg

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45

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2

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21870

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2020-12-01

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2020-10-08

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2020-12-01

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157

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168

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1110-1563

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2786-0051

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929

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Al-Azhar Journal of Agricultural Research

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An analytical study of agricultural investment in Egypt

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22 Jan 2023