The research aims to study the most important factors determining the
demand for animal protein in Fayoum governorate, and measuring the price and
expenditure relations on animal products to determine the degree of competition
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and substitution between these commodities, The study was based on
descriptive and quantitative economic and statistical analysis methods.
The results of the study showed the superiority of white meat followed
by fish and red meat for the consumer in rural Fayoum governorate. As for the
consumer in Fayoum governorate, the preference for white meat followed by
red meat and fish. The results indicated that the elasticity of the red meat was
0.86, 0.79 respectively, which means that the red meat in both rural and urban
areas is a necessary commodity. The mean elasticity of white meat was 0.51
and 0.54 respectively, which mean that white meat in both rural and urban areas
was considered a necessary commodity. 0.73, 0.70 respectively, which means
Fish in both rural and urban areas are essential commodities.
The results of the study showed that the most important factors
determining the demand for red meat in Fayoum governorate are the monthly
income variables of the family. The elasticity of the income elasticity factor is
0.74 and that the commodity is necessary for the consumer and the number of
family members And the price of kilograms of white meat, the price of
kilograms of fish, and the value of the coefficient of elasticity in terms of 0.65,
0.42 respectively, and white meat and fish are competitive with red meat, while
in urban were the most important determinants of demand for meat The red
variables are the monthly income of the family, and The number of family
members. The elasticity coefficient for these variables was about 0.58, 0.34,
respectively.
The main determinant factors for the demand for white meat in
Fayoum governorate were the monthly income, The elasticity of the income
elasticity factor was 0.11 and that the commodity was necessary for the
consumer and the variable number of family members, And the factors
determining the demand for white meat in Fayoum governorate are the monthly
income variables of the household, the number of family members, the price of
kilograms of red meat, the kilogram of white meat, The elasticity is about 0.35,
0.55, 1.2, 0.33 respectively.
The results of the research indicated that the most important factors
determining the demand for fish in rural Fayoum Governorate are the monthly
income variables of the family, the number of family members, the price of
kilograms of red meat, and the elasticity coefficient of 0.36, 0.89, 1.3 And the
number of family members. The elasticity factor was about 0.21, 0.58 and this
commodity is necessary for the consumer in each of the Rural and urban areas.