Economic reform and aggregate cropping patterns for Egypt

Shousha, Fawaz M.; Pautsch, Gregory R.

doi:10.1016/s0169-5150(97)00014-5

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“…More details on the ROCA project and on the FMCs associated with ROCA can be found in Bravo-Ureta et al, 1999. 2. Gross margin is a common practice in cost-benefit analysis for agricultural projects, especially in developing countries, and is deemed to be an effective tool for analyzing farm level decision-making (e.g., Shousha and Pautsch, 1997). Moreover, fixed costs in peasant agriculture are difficult to measure but, fortunately, they are typically a very small component of overall cost (Shousha and Pautsch, 1997;Crawford, 1999).…”

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Economic and Financial Sustainability of Private Agricultural Extension in El Salvador

Solís

Bravo‐Ureta²

2005

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

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Since the beginning of the 1980s, El Salvador has shown a dramatic decline in the public funding for agricultural extension. This process follows a worldwide tendency to reduce the public sector involvement in agriculture. To respond to the reduction in public expenditure in extension programs, a privatization process has been proposed as a feasible alternative for agricultural development. The main purpose of this paper is to evaluate the sustainability of the Farm Management Center (FMC) model as a specific private agricultural extension option in El Salvador. To pursue this objective, an ex ante economic and financial cost-benefit analysis based on a multiperiod linear programming model is performed. The general results of this study suggest that a combination of better farm prices (paid and received), reallocation of resources, and crop diversification, which would be promoted by an FMC, can lead Daniel Solís is Research Associate, Office of International Affairs (OIA), and a Graduate Student,

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Section: Conclusion and Policy Implicationsmentioning

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Economic and Financial Sustainability of Private Agricultural Extension in El Salvador

Solís

Bravo‐Ureta²

2005

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

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“…Farm-level returns to wheat and maize production improved in the 1990s, due partly to government policies that protected poultry and livestock production (World Bank 1993), while net returns to cotton production were still limited by government restrictions regarding production and marketing options (OkonjoIweala and Fuleihan 1993; Khedr et al 1996). Land reclamation programmes also contributed to the increase in wheat and maize production observed in the 1990s (Shousha and Pautsch 1997;Wichelns 2001). Wheat imports increased from about 5 million tons in 1982 to more than 7 million tons in 1998, before declining to about 5 million tons again in recent years (Fig.…”

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Virtual Water Trade as a Solution for Water Scarcity in Egypt

El‐Sadek

2009

Water Resour Manage

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Understanding the virtual water trade concept and strategy is important for formulating informed policies for improving water use efficiency at different levels. However, the introduction of virtual water concept as a policy option in Egypt is still in need for extensive investigations, research, and feasibility evaluation. Currently, Egypt's net virtual water import as a percentage of water resources has mounted to be 23.55%. The main concern, here, is to apply the concept of virtual water as a strategy in a way that meets its interests and objectives defined in the Egyptian National Water Resources Plan. This paper is primarily concerned with investigating the prevailing water/food situation in Egypt. It outlines water and food security situation and figures, as well as policy measures undertaken to meet the challenges. The role of 'virtual water' within a broader policy framework is demonstrated using crop production and international trade data from Egypt, where substantial amounts of 'virtual water' is embodied in wheat and maize imports. It is argued that for a country like Egypt, affordability of applying the virtual water concept may not be a major problem, but more the priority and independency related to food security. In order to adopt the application of virtual water concept in the national water resources strategy of Egypt, there is a need for a clear vision and understanding of its advantages and disadvantages according to the Egyptian conditions. This new concept as a policy option in Egypt requires further research and thorough understanding of the impacts and interactions on the local social, economic, environmental, cultural, natural, and political situation.

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Achieving Efficiency and Equity in Sugar Factories and Sugar‐Cropping Patterns Under Climate Change in Upper and Middle Egypt

Hamada

2013

Agribusiness

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Drought as a natural phenomenon, due to variability of meteorological conditions, strikes worldwide but the severity of its impact depends on the vulnerabilities of water supply systems and economical and sectors as well as on the effectiveness of the adopted mitigation measures. The aim of this paper is to study achieving efficiency and equity in sugar factories and sugar‐cropping patterns in Upper and Middle Egypt by focusing on the Strategic Water Shortage Preparedness Plan, introduction methodologies, and specific action to fight drought within the general water‐planning framework. The Linear Programming Model was applied to calculate the sugar crops, sugar cane and sugar beet acreage, production, and income of both Upper and Middle Egypt. As a result of an optimal cropping pattern, the cultivation season would lose acreage by 7.260%, farm income increase by 1.774%, water uses decrease by 18.511%, and CO2 emission and energy reduced by 14.96%. Overall, as a result of an optimal sugar‐cropping pattern, Egyptian sugar exports would decrease by $130.086 million US. [EconLit classification: Q130 and Q000].

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Economic reform and aggregate cropping patterns for Egypt

Cited by 10 publications

References 6 publications

Economic and Financial Sustainability of Private Agricultural Extension in El Salvador

Economic and Financial Sustainability of Private Agricultural Extension in El Salvador

Virtual Water Trade as a Solution for Water Scarcity in Egypt

Achieving Efficiency and Equity in Sugar Factories and Sugar‐Cropping Patterns Under Climate Change in Upper and Middle Egypt

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