THE CURRENT STATUS OF PEACH CROP IN NORTH SINAI GOVERNORATE

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1 Dept. Info. and Technol. Sup., Inter. Trade Point, Arish, Min. Comm., Egypt.

2 Dept. Econ. and Rural Develop., Fac. Environ. Agric. Sci., Suez Canal Univ., Arish, Egypt.

Abstract

North Sinai is well-known growing orchard crops. Cultivated area with these crops reached about 101 thousand faddans, represent about 8.1% of the total orchard area in Egypt in 2012. Peach, trees are the most important orchard crop grown in North Sinai. Their areas represent about 58% of the total area of this crop in North Sinai Governorate. In spite of the importance of peach trees within North Sinai environment, these cultivated areas do not exceed 58% of total orchard area during the period (2000-2014). This study aims to highlight the current situation of the orchard crops in North Sinai. This includes studying the factors affecting the productivity of the different species of peach trees such as their cost, returns, and annual net return. This study aims to highlight the current situation of the peach crop in North Sinai. So that the main objectives of this study could be summarized as follows: 1-Identify the current situation of peach crop using previous studies in order to evaluate peach crop productivity. 2- Characterization the study samples in terms of production processes to identify the quantities of inputs and outputs. To achieve these goals, the study adopted the descriptive and quantitative analysis methods of its economic variables under measure. by using statistical analyses. This study was based on primary and secondary data provided by the Ministry of Agriculture as well as the Research Institute of Agricultural Economics. In addition, these data were covering the period from 1998-2014. Furthermore, it also depends on random sample methods of field questionnaires which were covering about 130 producers of peach in North Sinai Governorate.

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