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An Analytical Study of the Role of Organic Agriculture in Achieving Food Security in Egypt: Using Path Analysis Approach

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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Economic and socio agricultural

Abstract

This research aimed to assess the ability of organic agriculture in improve the state of food security, and the stability of agricultural production compared to the current levels of production. To achieve this objective, we followed a practical method in terms of purpose, and non-experimental in terms of data collection, the research tool was a questionnaire whose validity was confirmed by experts in this field, and its reliability by the Alpha Cronbach criterion, and the results showed that there is a positive effect of organic farming on enhancing economic return and increasing profitability. Moreover, enhanced the economic impact of the producers as a result of using local inputs by about 0.95 with the possibility of opening new markets for organic products by about 0.90 which is hindered by raising the efficiency of agricultural production in the cultivated areas with low productive inputs, by about 0.55 following an environmental impact through the production of safe and healthy food of high quality and value that reflects the effects of Improve the health of consumers and individuals by about 0.83. Which means the ability of organic agriculture to achieve food security requirements with the same values referred to, and finally, the study recommended in its conclusion the need to develop policies for organic agriculture adopted by government institutions to support them, to reduce the obstacles that prevent the transition from traditional to organic agriculture.

DOI

10.21608/nvjas.2022.166100.1092

Keywords

Organic Agriculture, Food security, Farmers' perceptions, SEM

Authors

First Name

Mostafa

Last Name

Negm

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Agricultural Economics Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

negm.n2060@gmail.com

City

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Orcid

0000-0002-5876-1860

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

El-Bana

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Agricultural Economics Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

drahmed.elbana@azhar.edu.eg

City

Cairo

Orcid

0009-0004-3723-5580

Volume

2

Article Issue

6

Related Issue

36974

Issue Date

2022-10-01

Receive Date

2022-09-30

Publish Date

2022-10-01

Page Start

334

Page End

348

Print ISSN

2805-2420

Online ISSN

2805-2439

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https://nvjas.journals.ekb.eg/article_265765.html

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https://nvjas.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=265765

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4

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Original Research

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2,101

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Journal

Publication Title

New Valley Journal of Agricultural Science

Publication Link

https://nvjas.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

An Analytical Study of the Role of Organic Agriculture in Achieving Food Security in Egypt: Using Path Analysis Approach

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Article

Created At

23 Jan 2023