AN ECONOMIC STUDY OF THE DETERMINANTS OF PRODUCTION AND COSTS FUNCTIONS OF SUGAR BEET IN KAFR EL-SHEIKH

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the current status of sugar beet production in Egypt, to identify the current status of the sugar beet crop in Egypt, especially in Kafr El-Sheikh governorate in terms of cultivated area, production quantity and feddan productivity, with a study of the problems facing beet cultivation, and to study some of the economic efficiency criteria for cultivating the crop. In terms of production costs, total and net income, and getting to know the current status of sugar crops to bridge the sugar gap, which amounted to about 917 thousand tons in 2019, as the area of ​​sugar beet in Egypt reached about 609 thousand acres and the area of ​​sugar cane reached 325 thousand acres in 2018, and the percentage of self-sufficiency in sugar The result of the processing of the two crops is about 69.1% in 2019. The research was mainly based on obtaining the primary data through a questionnaire form specially prepared to serve the purposes of the research, which was collected from a random sample of beet farmers in the Hamoul Center in Kafr El Sheikh Governorate during the agricultural season (2019-2020) In addition to the secondary data that could be obtained from its various sources.