Measuring the economic performance of mixed crop-livestock farming systems in Egypt: A non-parametric DEA approach

Ahmed, Osama; Rungsuriyawiboon, Supawat; Abdel-Salam, Sameh

doi:10.30682/nm2002i

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“…In the context of the study, only the number of cattle per farm, typically dairy cow or Egyptian buffalo, are surveyed. Even if at small scale, livestock is an integral part of farming in the Old Lands (Ahmed et al, 2020). Cattle raising has considerable contribution to farm income and household food security, but market risks of meat and dairy products confines its scale to average 2-3 cattle per farm.…”

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The pieces of the smallholder puzzle: The add‐in role of farmers' characteristics in irrigation improvement projects in the old lands of Egypt

Salman

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Pék

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Irrigation and Drainage

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Irrigation development is essential for reducing vulnerability to water resource scarcity, food insecurity, and climate change impacts in Egypt. The centralized irrigation development must, however, overcome the challenges of the diversity of smallholders and the pre‐existing, individualistic irrigation management. The purpose of this paper is to examine the farmers' characteristics that influence the design and success of irrigation improvement programmes in the Old Lands of Egypt. The paper investigates this issue from the perspectives of farmers by analysing farm features, agricultural practices, irrigation practices, and satisfaction with water services. The clustering method is applied to create farmer groups within the geographical area of the programme and seek consistent differences that affect the outcome of irrigation improvement. The results show that farmers are less diverse in their agrotechnology and more heterogenous in terms of capacities, livelihood sources, and land tenure structures. The article argues that grouping methods to deploy improved irrigation infrastructure should give more consideration to the farmers' individual features. Programmes intended to replicate such irrigation development or leverage the existing results should address these particularities to create a socially adaptive environment for future irrigation investment in Egypt.

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Section: Irrigated Agriculture In the Old Lands Of Egyptmentioning

confidence: 99%

The pieces of the smallholder puzzle: The add‐in role of farmers' characteristics in irrigation improvement projects in the old lands of Egypt

Salman

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Pék

et al. 2022

Irrigation and Drainage

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“…Since the TE scores obtained from the VRS DEA model have values at the interval [0,1] the OLS estimates may be biased as well as inconsistent [ 42 ]. Similarly, Tobit regression was used by other researchers as well: Ahmed et al [ 43 ] in mixed crop-livestock farming systems in Egypt, Sarker and Alam [ 44 ] in cotton production of Bangladesh, Dalgic et al [ 45 ] in sheep farming of Turkey, Todorovic’ et al [ 11 ] in arable farms of Serbia, and Nowak et al [ 40 ] in European Union agriculture.…”

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Evaluation of technical efficiency of some rain-fed cereal and legume crops production in Syria: does crisis matter?

AlFraj

Hamo

2022

Agric & Food Secur

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Background Syria is a developing country whose economy is still dominated by the agricultural sector. The agricultural sector is considered as the main source of food in Syria and a major source of employment and income generation. Food and agricultural policies in Syria focus heavily on achieving food security and improving its four pillars (availability, accessibility, stability and utilization). As a result, until 2011, a good progress has been attained in food availability. The food security situation deteriorated in Syria after 2011 crisis, with the number of people facing acute food insecurity rising from 7.9 million in 2020 to a staggering 12.4 million in 2021. This is the result of many shocks that the agricultural sector has been exposed to, such as the relative decrease in cultivated areas, high costs of production, reduced input availability including labour, prevailing violence, related damage to farm equipment, and abandoned land. In view of the changes that the agricultural sector has been exposed to in Syria as a result of the crisis, the study concerns measuring the technical efficiency of production of some rain-fed cereal and legume crops in Syria and comparing it in the pre and post-crisis period, which has started in 2011. A non-parametric (DEA) method is applied for measuring technical efficiency during the time period 2003–2010 (pre-crisis) and the period 2011–2018 (post-crisis) with censored regression (the tobit model) to investigate the determinants of technical efficiency. A t test is used to test the null hypothesis (H0) that there was no difference in technical efficiency of the production of studied crops before and after the crisis in Syria and the alternative hypothesis (Ha) that there was a significant difference in technical efficiency. Results The findings show low level of technical efficiency in the post-crisis period. The results verified differences in the technical efficiency of pre- and post-crisis period. The use of censored regression with dummy for crisis has shown negative and significant effect on technical efficiency of each of the durum wheat and lentil crops, while it had no significant effect on the other studied crops. Conclusions This study can provide important information to the government to pursue a new policy for recovery and improving the agricultural production and productivity. There is an urgent need to adopt new policies that focus on providing production requirements in the form of low-interest loans, sustainable use of resources, providing support for the marketing process, and focusing on the export markets of some study crops (chickpeas and lentils). Government should improve agricultural extension services for farmers and encouraging them to adopt new technologies.

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“…Moreover, current research uses data envelopment analysis that is applicable for multiple agricultural production efficiency. In data envelopment analysis efficiency assessments weights for inputs and outputs are estimated to be the best advantage for each unit to maximize relative efficiency [ 18 ]. Even if farmers in the study area are engaged in the production of crop and livestock, the productivity of both sectors is low.…”

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Multiple Agricultural Production Efficiency in Horro District of Horro Guduru Wollega Zone, Western Ethiopia, Using Hierarchical-Based Cluster Data Envelopment Analysis

Tesema

Gebissa

2022

The Scientific World Journal

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Multiple agricultural productions were a way of life for Ethiopian farmers. However, it was known for low productivity due to improper resource allocation. Hence, the farm household is under food insecurity and earned a low annual income. To overcome these challenges, the present study used hierarchical-based cluster data envelopment analysis by collecting data from 152 sample households through structured questionnaires. The finding suggested that the farm households in the study area were characterized by the low level of technical efficiency in multiple agricultural productions, implying that most farmers were unable to keep up with the current production frontier and technologies. The study’s key result is that hierarchical-based cluster data envelopment analysis is more efficient than traditional data envelopment analysis. Furthermore, farmers in the study area are technically inefficient. From the determinants of technical efficiency in multiple agriculture, access to credit and the fertility of farmland have a positive impact on technical efficiency, whereas the age of the household and distance from infrastructures have a negative impact. Based on the significant determinants of efficiency, the present work recommends government agencies and agricultural development planners must improve farmers’ knowledge towards soil fertility management practices through the construction of soil bunds, tree planting, grass planting, fencing, and the use of natural fertilizer; expansion of microfinance to rural area; and construction of the road for the market facility in the study area. Additionally, changing farmers’ knowledge towards the uses of integration of manure products from livestock as fertilizer inputs for crop production and residues of crops as livestock consumption were paramount important.

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Measuring the economic performance of mixed crop-livestock farming systems in Egypt: A non-parametric DEA approach

Cited by 11 publications

References 23 publications

The pieces of the smallholder puzzle: The add‐in role of farmers' characteristics in irrigation improvement projects in the old lands of Egypt

The pieces of the smallholder puzzle: The add‐in role of farmers' characteristics in irrigation improvement projects in the old lands of Egypt

Evaluation of technical efficiency of some rain-fed cereal and legume crops production in Syria: does crisis matter?

Multiple Agricultural Production Efficiency in Horro District of Horro Guduru Wollega Zone, Western Ethiopia, Using Hierarchical-Based Cluster Data Envelopment Analysis

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