The study aims to investigate Egypt's bilateral agricultural trade flows with major trading partners. Cotton lint, onions, oranges, potatoes, rice, molasses and vegetables are the paper's main exportable concern, in which they composes about 82% of Egypt's agricultural exports throughout the last decade. Panel data for the period 2003-2012 was employed via adopting Gravity model approach in explaining Egypt's bilateral trade flows. Results revealed that Egypt's agricultural bilateral export flow is likely to be escalated in proportion to GDP, openness and dummies for border while distance showed a negative relationship towards trade volume. Moreover, the EU is Egypt's main trade partner. More than 30% of Egypt's exports to the world are directed to EU's 27 Member States, the main export destinations for Egyptian products in the EU are Italy,
Organic farming must be seen as a process of learning and adaptation, which results in meeting household objectives, for sustainable and adequate food production, increasing environmental resilience and social capacity. In general, organic agriculture activity in Egypt is growing very fast due to the public awareness as well as to the increasing demands for organic food and fibers on both local and export markets. The number of farms reached more than 300, with a total acreage of more than 10 000 feddans (4167 hectares). This paper discusses the experience of organic farming in Menofia governorate. The results reveal that net profit per feddan for conventional farming is higher than organic farming for all investigated crops (nili potatoes, dry beans, nili peas and summer tomatoes), the situation that might slower the adoption of organic in Menofia governorate. Lacks of proper marketing and market information, lower yields and higher production costs are presumably the main factors affected organic products net profitability.
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