Palm Date is considered one of the most important fruit groups in
Egypt. This is not only for its economic value but also for its exporting and
manufacturing possibility. Besides it can be used as an important income
source for several families living in its production area.
The statistics showed that the cultivated area of the date palms in
Egypt is around 81.48 thousand feddan. The number of fruitful female are
nearly 11.3 million palm. These produced about 1.1 million ton dates
We face a real problem to get the maximum benefits from using our
natural resources of dates palms production. This problem can be solved by
applying this study to direct the available resources to increase the net farm
income under the prevailing conditions in the study sample .
This study aims in principle to identify the economics activity of date
palms production through investigating the major factors affecting the
production in the study areas. Also, this work intend to analyze production
functions, cost functions and the revenue.
Statistical estimation of production functions for the selected samples
(Hayani, ِِِAmri, Zaghlool, Samani, Bent Aisha and Amhat) indicated that
the number of date palms, organic and chemical fertilizer and human workers
are affected positively on the production standardized estimation study and
research showed that the "Amri" farms are not economical because their
production process..
The results of civil cost limits and maximum level of profit
calculation revealed that Hayani, Zaghlool, Samani, Bent Aisha and Amhat
are produced economically with the civil cost limit 152.9, 149.6, 211, 97,
104 Kg/palm and with the maximum level of profit 195, 207, 372, 148, 117
Kg/palm, respectively.
The economic efficiency indicators revealed that the highest net
revenue followed the order: Samani > Zaghlool > Hayani > Bent Aisha; the
cost benefit ration confirmed these results