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Economic Assessment of Resource Use Efficiency for Water Users Associations in Egypt
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• Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Egyptian Association of Agricultural Economics, Vol.(26), No.(4B), Cairo, Egypt, December 2016.
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This article analyses resource use efficiency for Water Users Associations (WUAs) in Egypt. Data were collected from 200 farmers divided into two groups; Group I “without WUAs” and Group II “with WUAs”. Data Envelopment Analysis was employed to measure, compare and assess the estimated efficiencies for both groups and determine the potential of input and cost savings. Separate analysis of both groups showed that the highest difference between optimum and present use of inputs for wheat were found in irrigation water and nitrogenous fertilizer respectively with 35.3%, and 22.7% for Group I and in machine work (35.3%) and fertilizers (27.4%) for Group II. These highest differences were mainly attributed to seeds, manure and labor for maize in Group I and for seeds and labor in Group II. Farmers of Group II were more efficient in using the inputs since they apply better input mix given input price, resulting in higher yields and profitability realized by Group II compared to Group I. This implied that there still exists a potential for increasing the profits of farms in Group I, if the inputs gap between the actual and the best-practice farms is narrowed. To conclude, Group II “with WUAs” ameliorates the efficiency of using resources, enhances the yield and improves livelihoods. The reliability of water supply improved for Group II, indicating positive impact to encourage farmers towards joining WUAs. Finally, joining WUAs is a good approach to increase agricultural productivity in a sustainable manner.
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Key words: economic; WUAs; data envelopment analysis; efficiency; resource; Egypt
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2016
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مكتبة معهد بحوث الاقتصاد الزراعي-7 ش نادى الصيد - مبنى الهيئات والشركات - الدقي- الجيزة (الدور الرابع)
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القاهرة
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Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Economics
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