Economic Study of Production and Consumption of Maize in Egypt

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Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Minia University, Egypt

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This research aims to comprehend the current situation of maize production and consumption in Egypt by studying production, and consumer indicators across the years (2003-2020), to determine the marketing problems that face farmers and find out their thoughts on the government agricultural policy. The results showed that from 2003 to 2020, the amount of land planted with maize in Egypt varied between two limits, with the lowest amounting to roughly 1657.8 thousand acres in 2003 and the highest amounting to roughly 2335.63 thousand acres in 2018, with the overall average of the cultivated area being about 2010.03 thousand acres during that time. When we looked at the production costs, we discovered that they had taken on an increasing and significant trend at a statistically significant level of 0.01, where the yearly increase in costs was equal to about 372.17 pounds/acre, at an increasing rate of about 10.84% of the average production costs during that time. By analyzing the relative importance of the marketing problems that maize growers in Egypt's ancient lands face, it was discovered that the problems of not receiving the crop's price right away takes the top spot, accounting for approximately 14.18% of the total, with the problems of market distance from the production sites and risk from price fluctuation coming in second and third, respectively.

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