Efficiency of Economic Resources Use on Sugar Beet Production in New Lands
Dr. Ahmed M. Farag Kassem
Prime Researcher

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Researcher

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Researcher                        

    Agricultural Economics Research Institute

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ABSTRACT

                Characterized by sugar beet crop low consumption of water compared to harvest sugar cane and the use of remnants of cultivation and manufacture of beet sugar in the production of animal feed as well as its entry in many industries other secondary, in spite of the success of cultivation in the new land but the cultivated area which is still not enough to bridge the gap between production and consumption of sugar, and targeted research to identify the efficiency of the use of economic resources in the production of sugar beet crop in the new lands in the province of Alexandria, was adopted Find in achieving its objectives on the use of descriptive analysis and quantitative assessment functions the production of beet sugar, also adopted a search on the field data that have been collected during the winter growing season in 2009 through a personal interview questionnaire to a random sample of 100 farmers who grow sugar beet in the new land area of ​​Amiriya and Burj Al Arab in Alexandria.

Research has come to many of the results related to the efficient use of economic resources in the production of beet sugar in the new lands and most important of these findings are the following: (1) The high indicators of economic efficiency in the production of sugar beet crop in the third category (3 feddan or more) compared to the second category (feddan - less than 3 feddan), which represents the second place, then the first category (less than an feddan), which indicates that the economic efficiency in the production of beet sugar increase by the size of agricultural holdings. (2) The use of the optimal amount of economic resources used in the production of beet sugar, which has proved significant impact to increase production, the first category by about 2.89 tons / feddan and the value of cash amounting Around 853 pounds / feddan, and in the second category by about 3.02 tons / feddan and the value of cash amounting to about 900 pounds / feddan, and in the third category by about 3.21 tons / feddan and the value of cash amounting to about 963 pounds / feddan. (3) Estimate the production function efficient sugar beet crop show that there are 12 farms achieved a level efficient at 100% 0.11 farms have achieved the level of efficiency of less than 100% represent about 52%, 48% of the number of farmers in the sample producers of sugar beet crop in the first category, while showing that there are 23 farms have achieved level efficient at 100%, 19 farms have achieved the level of efficiency of less than 100% represent about 55%, 45% of the number of farmers in the sample producers of sugar beet crop in the second category, while showing that there are 11 farms achieved a level efficient at 100%, 24 farms have achieved the level of efficiency of less than 100% represent about 31%, 69% of the number of farmers in the sample producers to sugar beet crop in the third category.   (4) The application of the use of optimal size of the economic resources that have proven significant impact area of ​​Amiriya and Burj Al Arab to increase the production of beet sugar by about 4.05 tons, and increase profits by about 1.21 million pounds.

Research recommends the need to: (1) Activating the role of the extension to accommodate modern technology in the cultivation of sugar beet and education and training of farmers by (2) Work to increase the productive capacity of plants for the production of sugar beet with the recommendation that the establishment of industries complementary to manufacture animal feed remnants of manufacturing beet sugar. (3) Attention to the provision of improved varieties of sugar beet seed. (4) Encourage farmers to trend towards the use of advanced irrigation systems for water conservation. (5) Interest in the use of integrated control systems in the eradication of pests and weeds, which exposed them to produce beet sugar. (6) The need to use mechanical analysis of soils to determine the required quantities of fertilizers.