A Comparatitiveness Study of Sugar Cane, Sugar Beet, and Wheat Crops in Egyptian Agriculture

Faleh Ameen
2020 Basic and Applied Sciences - Scientific Journal of King Faisal University  
Sugar is an important strategic food commodities for different living standards. The importance of research was to study the reasons for the continuous increase in sugar food gap and insufficient local production supply. The objective of this research is to identify the competitive position of Egyptian sugar crops to determine the causes of the fluctuation of quantity and its value from one year to another by identifying the productive position of sugar in Egypt in terms of production
more » ... ns. changes in the cost of resources used in sugar production. The decision to develop future strategies for the development of sugar crops in the light of local and global variables. The descriptive and analytical economic analysis method was used to study and analyze the variables affecting both sugar cane and sugar beet through simple and multiple regression methods. the policy analysis matrix model and the nominal and effective protection coefficients over two periods (2000-2002 and 2014-2016). The results showed that both wheat and sugar beet have direct or indirect support. but wheat has a high level of protection. Meanwhile. sugar beet exceeds wheat in financial and economic profitability. which means that sugar beet has an absolute advantage over wheat. The study recommends continuing to provide both direct and indirect support for sugar beet. as sugar beet is the least likely source of water consumption compared to sugar cane.
doi:10.37575/b/agr/2084 fatcat:uz5cfcqhavc7npqrrpft4epcua