An Economic Study of Faba Bean Production in Assiut Governorate

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Higher Institute for Cooperation and agricultural extension in Assiut

2 Agricultural Economics of department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University.

10.21608/sjas.2024.291056.1426

Abstract

This research aimed of identify the current situation of the area, production and productivity of the faba bean crop at the level of the Republic on the one hand and Assiut Governorate on the other hand, in addition to studying the most important productive and economic factors affecting the production of faba bean beans in Assiut Governorate, as well as studying the most important indicators of productive and economic efficiency; By studying the factors affecting the productivity of faba beans in the study sample, it was found that the logarithmic form using the multiple regression method is the best statistically, and that the factors affecting the productivity of the acre for the first tenure category 
are the amount of seeds "X2" and mechanical labor "X7", while for the second tenure category, the most important factors affecting the amount of production of the Faba bean crop were the amount of nitrogen fertilizer "X3" and human labor "X6", As for the third spatial group, the most important factors affecting the amount of production of the municipal bean crop were the amount of seed "X2", the amount of nitrogen fertilizer "X3", the amount of phosphate fertilizer "X4" and human labor "X6". Finally, it was found that the most important production issues and obstacles facing the producers of the municipal bean crop for the first spatial group, the high intensity of haluk infection ranked first with 19.9% of producers' opinions, and the second rank was the high variable production costs with 18.4%, For the second category, the high severity of Haluk infection ranked first with 18.9% of producers' opinions, while the unavailability of fertilizers and pesticides ranked second with 18% of producers' opinions, while the third category ranked first with 18.2% of producers' opinions, while the high wages of agricultural labor ranked second with 17.7% of producers' opinions.

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