The Impact of using Technology Packages on the Economics of Sugar beet Production in Egypt): A Case Study in Fayoum Governorate

Abstract

The data indicates a decrease in the self-sufficiency rate of sugar year after year. It is clear that there is a great difficulty in increasing the area of sugar cane, in exchange for an opportunity to increase the area of sugar beet in the lands. Modern reclamation and producers face difficulty in using and applying the technological packages used in the production of sugar beet. The Fayoum governorate is considered one of the most important sugar beet producing governorates. Therefore, an intentional random sample was taken from the sugar beet producers in it from the users of the technology package (laser, cultivation using the Printer machine, and fertilization inside the irrigation hoses). It became clear from the results of the productivity function that the most important factors affecting the production function are evident. The element of the number of automatic working hours in laser leveling has a direct effect, while the two elements of seed and nitrogen fertilization have an opposite effect, that is, rationalizing them and not being wasteful in both leads to an increase in beet production. Automatic and reverse increase by rationalizing seed cultivation and fertilization inside the irrigation hoses, and the preference of the producers who used the bundles was confirmed, as the production reached 24.6 tons of beets per feddan, compared to 20.5 tons for non-users of the bundles, and the net yield per feddan amounted to about 10165 pounds, compared to 4130 pounds for non-users of the bundle. Therefore, the research recommends paying attention to the cultivation of sugar beet using the technological package, expanding its cultivation in new lands, and working to contract with producers in the supply of the crop, and for the factory to receive the production at the date agreed upon with the producer.