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Economic Efficiency of Date Palm Crop Production Using Various Irrigation Methods in New Valley Governorate

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Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

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Economic and socio agricultural

Abstract

 When studying the productivity of date palm cultivation in Egypt during the period (2000-2021), it was found that both the cultivated area of date palms and the number of fruit-bearing palm trees, as well as the total production in Egypt, increased at statistically significant annual rates of approximately 3.07%, 1.84%, and 2.30% respectively. Similarly, the cultivated area of date palms, the number of fruit-bearing palm trees, and the total production in New Valley Governorate showed significant annual increases of approximately 5.27%, 4.35%, and 5.44% respectively during the same period. In studying the total elasticity of production functions for date palm cultivation, the yield per unit of input increased when using traditional and improved flood irrigation methods. This indicates that input utilization occurs in the initial non-economic stage of production. Conversely, a decrease in yield per unit of input was observed when using drip irrigation. Estimating the coefficient of economic efficiency for date palm cultivation across the entire study sample revealed that all production factors utilized in the production process reached their optimal levels to achieve economic efficiency, except for the amount of labor (man/hours per acre) and the amount of nitrogen fertilizer per effective unit (kg per acre) with drip irrigation. Moreover, the level of production maximizing per-acre profits from date palm cultivation was found to be 8.16, 8.61, and 8.42 tons per acre for drip irrigation, improved flood irrigation, and traditional flood irrigation, respectively, within the total study sample in New Valley Governorate.

DOI

10.21608/nvjas.2024.284948.1284

Keywords

economic efficiency, irrigation methods, date palm crop, New Valley, Egypt"

Authors

First Name

Omer

Last Name

Mahmoud

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Affiliation

Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, New Valley University, Egypt

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zhrymr985@gmail.com

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First Name

Dalia

Last Name

El-Shuwaikh

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Affiliation

Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Egypt

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dalia.elshoweikh@agr.aun.edu.eg

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First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Daood

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Affiliation

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

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ahmeddaood52@yahoo.com

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First Name

Gamal

Last Name

Kamel

MiddleName

Hassan

Affiliation

Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, New Valley University, Egypt

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gamal.hassan@agr.nvu.edu.eg

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0009-0002-2308-3622

Volume

4

Article Issue

3

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48799

Issue Date

2024-07-01

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2024-04-25

Publish Date

2024-07-01

Page Start

13

Page End

33

Print ISSN

2805-2420

Online ISSN

2805-2439

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2,101

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Publication Title

New Valley Journal of Agricultural Science

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

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Economic Efficiency of Date Palm Crop Production Using Various Irrigation Methods in New Valley Governorate

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28 Dec 2024