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Economic benefits of recycling agricultural waste in Egypt " case study : Assiut Governorate "
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• Master Thesis: Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, 2016.
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Plant and animal agricultural wastes are defined as secondary products such as (straws, hay, thrones of crops, tree trimming waste, the residual of poultry, animals and food manufacturing) within the agricultural production should be to maximize the benefit of them into organic fertilizer or fodder or human food or clean energy or manufactured which help to achieve clean agriculture, protect the environment from pollution, improve agricultural products, providing employment opportunities and thereby improve the economic situation and environmental and social and health.
The study aims in general to estimate the quantities of agricultural plant and animal residues at the national level as well as Assiut Governorate, and to study the economic return resulting from recycling these wastes into products that can be used and are safe for the environment and are harmless and even economically feasible.
The study relied on basic sources of data such as the Ministry of Agriculture in addition to the data that could be obtained from the international information network (Internet), as well as research, publications, conferences and scientific theses that concerned the subject of the study. In addition, a questionnaire form was collected through a random sample from the centers of Assiut Governorate through a personal interview.
The results showed the following:
The use of plant residues in the manufacture of organic fertilizer (compost) achieved a net return of about 2169.2 million pounds annually, during the study period (1995-2007), and when using the aforementioned fertilizer in the cultivation of the crops under study, it leads to an increase in production by an estimated value of about 2863 million pounds annually, while the use of these residues for the biogas industry gives a quantity of kerosene estimated at about 1136.4 million liters per year, and when used in the concentrated feed industry, it achieves an estimated return of about 2914 million pounds annually. The study also found that the use of available quantities of animal waste in the manufacture of municipal fertilizer achieves a return estimated at EGP 4.05 million annually, while its use in the biogas industry gives a quantity of kerosene estimated at 13.05 million liters annually during the study period.
By studying the general time trend of the quantity of plant and animal agricultural residues in Egypt:
- For animal agricultural waste: The results showed a statistically significant increase in the amount of wet residues for cows, sheep, and goats estimated at 1018.13, 107.72, 50.51 tons / day respectively during the period under study, while the results showed a statistically significant decrease for buffalo estimated at 834 tons / day during the period under study.
- For agricultural plant residues: The results showed a significant increase in the amount of wet residues for maize, peanuts, tomatoes, citrus, bananas, grapes, mangoes, pomegranates, olives estimated at 98820.56, 2290.79, 31367.7, 176475.12, 13249.71, 17550.1, 15287.4, 1373, 4032.8 tons / year respectively during the period under study, while there was a significant decrease for both sunflower, cotton estimated at 2477.29, 54959.11 tons / year respectively during the period under study.
By studying the economic impact of recycling agricultural waste generated in Assiut Governorate, where the total amount of wet animal waste of the sample was about 26715.4 kg / day, while the amount of wet plant agricultural waste was about 13.7 tons / year, while the amount of wasted wet animal waste was about 21 kg / day, and the amount of wasted dry animal agricultural waste was about 5 kg / day, while the amount of wet plant agricultural waste was about 9.6 tons / year.
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2016
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مكتبة كلية الزراعة - جامعة اسيوط
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Egypt
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Name:
كلية الزراعة - جامعة اسيوط
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اسيوط - مصر
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Master Thesis
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