Analytical Study of the Edible Oils Gap in Egypt
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• Ph. D. in Agricultural Science: Faculty of Agriculture, Fayoum University, 2018.
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Food oils crops and their oil products are considered important strategic commodities in the national economy in general and in agriculture in particular, as they are one of the three most important commodity groups in terms of the value of imports, which are wheat, oil crops, and sugar crops. The problem of the study is the inability of local production of oils for Meeting the increasing consumer needs, which led to an increase in the nutritional gap of oils. The study aims mainly at the economic analysis of the nutritional gap of oils in Egypt, through several sub-objectives.
The study of the local production of food vegetable oils showed that the average local production amounted to about 177.06 thousand tons. The study of the development of local consumption of oils showed an increase in local consumption, as the average gross domestic consumption amounted to about 1003.37 thousand tons during the period (2000). - 2015).
As for the Egyptian foreign trade of food oils, it was found that the average amount of exports during the study period amounted to about 75,54 thousand tons, with a value of about 99.4 million dollars, representing about 0.45% and 2.95% of the average value of the total national and agricultural imports, respectively, during the same period. While the average quantity of imports amounted to about 896.94 thousand tons, with a value of about 950.69 million dollars, representing about 2.11% and 10.94% of the average value of the total national and agricultural imports, respectively, during the same period.
By studying the evolution of the size of the food gap and the rate of self-sufficiency of food oils in the Arab Republic of Egypt, it was found that the average size of the food gap and the rate of self-sufficiency of food oils during the study period amounted to about 826,31 thousand tons, 18.60%, respectively.
The study of the strategic stock and the food security coefficient for edible vegetable oils revealed that the value of the food security coefficient for edible vegetable oils amounted to about 0.43 during the period (2000-2015), and this indicates the relative increase in the value of the food security coefficient for edible vegetable oils, which is due to the quantity of imports, not production. local oils.
It was found from the standard analysis of the structure of the nutritional gap of vegetable oils by estimating the nutritional gap function of oils that the most important factors affecting the size of the gap are the amount of local consumption of oils, local production of oils, imports of oils, and population.
And by studying the economic possibilities to reduce the size of the food gap and improve the rates of self-sufficiency of food vegetable oils in Egypt, using the multi-objective linear programming method, where it was found that it was possible to reorganize the crop composition of field crops in the new lands with achieving a higher net return and reducing both the volume of water bottles used And the area of land used in the cropping installation, through two alternatives.
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Publication year 2018
Pages 1 - 369
Availability location مكتبة معهد بحوث الاقتصاد الزراعي-7 ش نادى الصيد - مبنى الهيئات والشركات - الدقي- الجيزة (الدور الرابع)
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Country Egypt
Publisher Name: كلية الزراعة - جامعة الفيوم
Place: الفيوم - مصر
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Publication Type PhD Thesis
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