Economic study of the possibilities of expanding the cultivation of olive crops in South Sinai دراسة اقتصادية لممکنات التوسع فى زراعة محصول الزيتون بمحافظة جنوب سيناء

Abstract

The olive crop represents one of the important fruit crops that bear the environmental stress, so it spreads. Despite the importance of this crop in South Sinai, its productivity does not exceed 1.6 tons per acre, and it is less than its counterpart at the level of the republic, which is about 5.01 tons per acre. The research aims to identify the economic efficiency of the crop.The study confirmed that the human labor volume factors, the amount of organic fertilizer, the amount of pesticides, the amount of chemical fertilizer, and the number of automated work hours are the most influential factors on the productivity of the olive crop within the various holding groups, and the elasticity of these factors is less than the correct one, reflecting the returns of capacity With regard to the costs of producing the olive crop, The estimation of the cost functions indicates that the optimum volume of production amounted to about 2.8, 3.1, 3.2 tons, while the bulk of the profits amounted to about 3.5, 3.7, 3.9 tons. With regard to profit margins, the study indicated achieving net returns estimated at 9.9, 11.9, 13.3 thousand pounds per feddan within the three holding categories, and the added value amounted to 12.1, 14.1, 15.5 thousand pounds per feddan within the same categories.Regarding measures of economic efficiency, the results indicated that the general average return for the invested pound was about 187.7%, and the general average profit margin for the product was about 65.2%.