An Economic Study of The Future of Wheat Corp Production in Egypt

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Economic Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Cairo

Abstract

The Egyptian economic policy mainly aims to bring about agricultural development at the desired rates, in order to increase the rate of self-sufficiency, reduce the food gap to the least possible extent, and reduce import with its negative effects that are not in line with the objectives of the economic reform policy pursued by the state, and the problem of the study was In spite of the great efforts being made in the field of agricultural development in Egypt, However, the consumed quantities of the wheat crop are still trending to a continuous increase year after year, which led to an increase in the food gap and then a decrease in the average per capita food share, which may negatively affect human health, and the research aimed to develop a future vision for the wheat crop through study and analysis Production and consumption capacity and geographical distribution of the wheat crop, measurement and analysis of economic stability and the expected level of wheat production in Egypt. The most important results were the concentration of cultivation for each of the Giza 168 varieties in the first productive area in the governorates of (Dakahlia, Minya, and Menoufia), and 12 sixths in the first productive area in the governorates of (Menoufia and Dakahlia), and the Egypt class 1 in the first productive area in the governorates (Menoufia, Dakahlia).

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