Social Changes of the Application Policies of Agriculture Sector Liberalization in Some Villages in Minia Governorate
Abstract: The study aims at identifying the social changes resulted from applying the liberalization policy procedures such as:
Crop pattern cancellation, crop supply compulsory cancellation, inputs subsidization cancellation and pronouncement some legislation that organize the relationship between owner and tenant. Also measuring the amount of these changes, and finally the nature of these changes.
The study concentrated on the following twenty social aspects :
Unemployment size , prices levels , labour division , farm income , agriculture labour size , farm machinery prices , farm machinery rent , pesticides prices , seeds prices , fertilizers prices , agricultural products prices , agricultural land prices , agricultural land rent , land fallowing and harrowing , agricultural drainage conditions , irrigation masks conditions , rational use of pesticides , internal migration , immigration , and cooperation between farmers .
For realizing these objectives a questionnaire was designed and filled through personal interview. Data were collected from random sample of 300 respondents whose ages over 45 years to be aware with liberalization policy procedures that applied since 1987 in Egypt.
100 respondents were selected from El-Sheikh zeiad village in Maghagha district, 70 respondents were selected from Behdal village in Minia district, and 130 respondents were selected from kalandol village in mallawy district. Data were collected during February and March, 2007. Frequency, percentages and chi-square test were used for data analysis.
1- Results showed that the all social aspects have been changed except labour division and the rational use of pesticides as result of applying the crop pattern cancellation procedure.
2- All social aspects have been changed except external immigration as a result of applying inputs subsidization cancellation procedure.
3- All social aspects have been changed on applying crop supply compulsory cancellation procedures.
4- On applying the procedures of pronouncement some legislation that organizes the relationship between owner and tenant al social aspects have been changed except labour division.
5- Regarding the measuring of amounts of changes that occurred for the previous social aspects, results revealed that:
There were big changes were occurred repeatedly as result of the four procedures for the following aspects:
Unemployment size, prices level, farm equipment prices, farm equipment rent, agricultural land prices, and agricultural land rent.
6- Medium moderate changes were took place repeatedly as a result of the four procedures for the following aspects:
Farm income, and farm labours .
7- Changeable changes were occurred for the other aspects.
8- Concerning the nature of changes, results showed that negative changes were occurred repeatedly as a result of applying the liberalization policy procedures in the aspects:
Unemployment size, farm labors, and cooperation between farmers.
9- Also positive changes were took place repeatedly as a result of applying the liberalization policy procedures in the following aspects:
Farm income, farm equipment rent, pesticides prices, agricultural products prices, agricultural land prices, agricultural land rent, and land fallowing and harrowing.
10- Neutral changes were occurred as result of applying Crop pattern cancellation in the following aspects:
Labor division, fertilizers prices, irrigation masks conditions, and rational use of pesticides.
11- Neutral changes were occurred as result of applying crop supply compulsory cancellation in the following aspect:
Rational use of pesticides.
12- Neutral changes were occurred as result of applying inputs subsidization cancellation in the following aspect:
Immigration.
13- Neutral changes were occurred as result of applying pronouncement some legislation that organize the relationship between owner and tenant in the following aspect :
labour division .
Publication year 2008
Availability location Agricultural Extension and Rural Development Research Institutes library
Availability number 706
Organization Name
Country Egypt
Publisher Name: Faculty of Agriculture EL - Minia University
Place: EL - Minia
Author(s) from ARC
Agris Categories Extension
Publication Type Master Thesis
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