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الاطار النظرى والاستعراض المرجعىيوجد فقط 14 صفحة متاحة للعرض العام
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المستخلص
alternative sources of sugar available nowadays, still, sugarcane considered br the major source for sugar production. The sugarcane contributes by 75% of br global production of sugar. Moreover, about 58.5 million/Feddan is cultivated br by this plant to produce around 1.743 billion/tons of raw sugarcane with br average productivity estimated to be 29.8 tons/Feddan in 2011. In Egypt, this br crop has economic magnitude, -#119;-#104;-#101;-#114;-#101; it considered the main source for br farmers’ income especially Upper Egypt. Furthermore, sugar is an important br source of human nitration, -#119;-#104;-#101;-#114;-#101; it is rich by vitamin B and iron elements. On br the other hand, many industries such as molasses industry depend on sugar. br Regardless that Egypt has a long history with planting and adopting br sugarcane crops, the country facing increasing gap in sugar product. Ongoing br population growth, increasing per capita income, and the absence of the br adequate governmental supportive programs pose increasing pressure on the br country limited sugarcane supply. Increasing the governmental importing br budget calls for finding less costly and more efficiency alternatives to increase br the country self-sufficiently -#102;-#114;-#111;-#109; sugar product. That is, better understanding br of the factors affecting the sugarcane production and marketing are required. br To meet those needs, this study aims to investigate the production br and marketing challenges that face sugarcane producers in Qena governorate. br Using farm budget data, our research employed quantitative and qualitative br methods to investigate the development of sugarcane production and br marketing in this area. A simple and multiple linear regression, less significant br difference (L.S.D), and Spearman correlation models are used to estimate time br seriesequations and production functions for sugarcane crop. br This research integrated different set of data that have been obtained -#102;-#114;-#111;-#109; br several sources. Secondary data employed in this study came -#102;-#114;-#111;-#109; bulletins br Sugar Crops Council and Information and Decision Support published by the br Ministry of Agriculture, the Annual Conferences data published by the br Association of Egyptian Sugar experts, and data published by the Department br of Statistics. Another important part of the data obtained -#102;-#114;-#111;-#109; the Company br Sugar and Integrated Industries in Qena governorate. br The major aim of this study is divided to set of sub-goals as following :- br (1) Estimate the production capacity for sugarcane in the major areas of br production around the country and in Upper Egypt. br (2) Identify the relative importance of different elements in sugarcane’s cost br function at in cultivated area at Qena governorate. br (3) Measure the production efficiency and identify the statistical estimation br for costsand production functions of sugarcane crop in Qena governorate. br (4) Identify the most important factors affecting net farm income gained br form sugarcane crop cultivation in Qena governorate. br (5) Highlight the major marketing pathways for sugarcane crop in Qena br governorate. br This study is organized to start with the first chapter that contains br theoretical framework of economic concepts and reference review for previous br studies related to the research topic. The second chapter illustrates the relative br importance for sugarcane production in major area of production around br Egypt. The third chapter enclosed the study of production cost and statistical br estimation for production and cost function for sugarcane in Qena governorate. br Fourth chapter Contains investigation for factors influence the farm income br and marketingpathways for sugarcane crop in Qenagovernorate. br Our findings illustrate that Qena governorate occupies the first rank br among governorates that produce and cultivate sugarcane during average two br periods of (1997-2000) and (2009-2012), -#119;-#104;-#101;-#114;-#101; the cultivated area estimated br to be 59.66% and 56.75% over the total national cultivated area for the two br periods, respectively. Furthermore, Qena governorate considered to be the br major producer of sugarcane, -#119;-#104;-#101;-#114;-#101; the governorate’s total production br formulate 60.11% and 56.48% of the national production for the average br periods of (1997-2000) and (2009-2012) correspondingly. Within Qena br governorate, Nag Hammadi district, founded to be major producer of br sugarcane with higher productivity per Feddan, which makes Nag Hammadi br district the major supplier for Nag Hammadi sugar factory. br The analysis showed that over 145.7 thousand Feddans of br cultivated sugarcane during the period of (1997-2012), only 137.5 thousand br Feddans is supplied to the four sugar factories, Nag Hammadi district, br Deshna district, Qus district, and Armant district, at Qena governorate. br Moreover, those sugar factories do not operate in full design capacity. While br the design capacity of these factoriesaggregateto handle about 4.3 million /tons br ofsugarcane per season, the supplied amountofsugarcanefounded to be around br 3.8 million /tons per season. That is, a deficit of about 458.9 thousand/tons is br estimated, which refers to operation efficiency around 89.94% in all the three br factories at Qena governoratein 2011. br Our results showed that a significant increase in total cost of br production per Feddan occurred at Qena governorate during the period br of 1997 to 2012. This increases in production cost estimated to br be 5370.09 L.E, -#119;-#104;-#101;-#114;-#101; the fertilizers were the most important element br comparing to than other variable costs. During the same period, the br total costs have been increased annually with statistical significantly br by 413.20 L.E, which represents 7.69% of the total annual cost of br production for sugarcane at Qena governorate. br On the other hand, the step-wise model illustrates a strong positive br relationship between the cultivation services, planning, and pesticides br treatments -#102;-#114;-#111;-#109; one side and the total net farm income per Feddan of br sugarcane -#102;-#114;-#111;-#109; the other side. In contrast, the total revenue per Feddan br of sugarcane crop assigned to be 4293.0 L.E in 1997 and increased gradually br to be 13860.0 L.E in 2011. The net farm income for sugarcane at Qena br governorate is significantly affected by the price per ton, which increased br annually by 8.82 L.E or 6.78% of the overall average of price per ton during br the period (1997-2011). However, our analysis indicates that the br governmental price per ton was lower than the proposed price under the br three of proposed alternatives in all years at all regions during the same br previous period (1997-2011). br Overall, our findings could help the policymakers and interested groups br of sugarcane industry to design and formulate efficient and comprehensive br policy framework to reduce sugar’ gap in Egypt. Those policies could include br intensify researches to produce high productive sugarcane plants, pricing br policy framework, and adequate production subsidies programs