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POLICY ANALYSIS FOR FABA BEAN CROP IN THE EGYPTIAN AGRICULTURE
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Abstract: The study aimed at increasing the total production of faba bean crop and analyzing the productivity policy of the crop to demonstrate the economic effects of taxation and support the crop production and comparative advantage of the crop so that the re- distribution of faba bean areas on the different productivity zones of the Republic according to their merits productivity. The results of PAM indicate that DRC was estimated at 0.40 for the average period of (2010 - 2012) which explains the presence of a comparative advantage in the production of faba bean crop. When analyzing the mathematical model of the linear programming for the first alternative proposed to increase the production of faba bean crop in the absence of any restrictions on the model and leave it free, the results indicate that released 189.38 thousand tons which was estimated at 767.79 million pounds with an increase of 4.19 % of the value of the current production amounting to 736.91 million pounds. The second alternative in light of restrictions of increasing the upper limit of the areas in the faba bean producing governorates by 10 % and reduction of the minimum limit of the areas spaces in the producing governorates by 10 % increased the production by 190.78 valued at 773.42 million pounds with an increase of 4.9% of the value of the current production. The third alternative targeted to maximize production of faba bean crop in the presence of only the minimum limit of areas in the producing faba bean governorates which led to increase the total production to 191.67 thousand tons was estimated at 777.39 million pounds with an increase of 5.49 % of the value of current production. The fourth alternative aimed to maximize faba bean production in case there is 5 % increase over the productivity of faba bean producing governorates and increase the average cultivated area by 10 % and increasing the amount of water used by 20 million cubic meter has led to increase the total production to 223.08 thousand tons was estimated at 904.37 million pounds with an increase of 22.72 % of the value of the current production. The target of the fifth alternative was to maximize faba bean crop production in case there is an increase of 10 % over the productivity of faba bean producing governorates and increase the average of the cultivated area by 20 % led to increase the amount of water used by 30 million meters increasing the total production to 256.22 thousand tons was estimated at 1038.72 million pounds with an increase of 41 % of the value of the current production. Therefore, the study recommends applying the fifth alternative because it achieved an increase in the amount of production exceeds the current total production by 41%. Also, this alternative takes in all the producing faba bean governorates to achieve the economic efficiency in using the agricultural productivity resources allocated to faba bean cultivation where it can provide faba bean areas in low-yielding areas for cultivation of other crops of high productivity in these areas and then can be relatively reduced the gap of faba bean crop production.
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2014
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176
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Menofia Journal of Agricultural Research
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Journal
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