An Economic Study for Agricultural Waste in Egypt

Abstract

The Egyptian society faces many economic and environmental challenges that limit its ability to achieve sustainable development.. Agricultural waste can be considered as an important economic resource in Egypt, The efficiency of their use in the optimal manner despite the economic and environmental feasibility of the use of these wastes of various kinds. The problem of research is that the agricultural waste in Egypt is a big problem due to its huge and diverse quantity which reached about 21.7 million tons in 2015, while it recorded about 19.6 million tons in 2010 with an average of 21.1 million tons during the period 2010-2015. The current situation of agricultural waste management in Egypt does not depend on a clear planning or structure to deal with it. This leads to pollution of the surrounding environment and the lack of optimal use of these wastes. Therefore, it is necessary to focus on waste recycling techniques to benefit from them and not to get rid of them. So that disposal without benefit would cause loss incurred by the State. The main objective of the study is to study the specific factors of demand for agricultural waste in Egypt. The most important results were as follows: 1. The average total agricultural waste produced was 21.1 million tons during the period 2010-2015. Wheat production was the first place in the total agricultural waste produced in Egypt, which accounted for about 41.7% of the average total Egyptian agricultural waste. While the third place was in the third place with about 12.3% of the same average. Cotton waste came in fourth place with about 3.4% of the average total Egyptian agricultural waste during the period 2010-2015). 2- The regression relationship between the production of the residue and the cultivated area of the main crop during the period 2000-2015 shows that there is a significant and positive correlation between the cultivated area of the main crop (wheat, maize, rice and cotton) Wheat straw, maize straw, rice straw and finally cotton straw). The increase in area of each main crop by 1% increases the amount of waste by 0.9%, 0.9%, 1.3% and 1.0%, respectively. Which indicates the need to work to find economic solutions and environment for those wastes. 3. The study found that the main factors influencing the amount of wheat consumption during the study period (2000-2015) were the ratio of the price of maize to maize For the price of wheat, and the number of population respectively, where the relation between the above price ratio and the quantity consumed from the wheat straw residue was 0.8%, and a positive relationship with the population by 0.5%. The most important factors affecting maize straw during the same period of study were the price ratio of rice straw, which is related to the price of maize straw, in addition to the population, where the relationship between the above price ratio and the quantity consumed from the maize straw shell was 0.6%. The population grew by 2.0%. The rice rice price and population were the most important factors affecting the rice straw during the same period. The price of rice straw was the opposite of 1.1%, while the population was 3.5%. In addition, there was an inverse relationship between the quantity consumed of cotton straw during the period (2000-2015) and the price of cotton straw, where the price of cotton straw increased by 1% The quantity consumed of cottonwood is about 0.7%