SPENDING AND CONSUMPTION FUNCTION FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT ANIMAL PROTEIN PRODUCTS IN FAYOUM GOVERNORATE

Abstract

The research aims to study the most important factors determining thedemand for animal protein in Fayoum governorate, and measuring the price andexpenditure relations on animal products to determine the degree of competitionFayoum J. Agric. Res. & Dev., Vol. 33, No.1, January, 2019and substitution between these commodities, The study was based ondescriptive and quantitative economic and statistical analysis methods.The results of the study showed the superiority of white meat followedby fish and red meat for the consumer in rural Fayoum governorate. As for theconsumer in Fayoum governorate, the preference for white meat followed byred meat and fish. The results indicated that the elasticity of the red meat was0.86, 0.79 respectively, which means that the red meat in both rural and urbanareas is a necessary commodity. The mean elasticity of white meat was 0.51and 0.54 respectively, which mean that white meat in both rural and urban areaswas considered a necessary commodity. 0.73, 0.70 respectively, which meansFish in both rural and urban areas are essential commodities.The results of the study showed that the most important factorsdetermining the demand for red meat in Fayoum governorate are the monthlyincome variables of the family. The elasticity of the income elasticity factor is0.74 and that the commodity is necessary for the consumer and the number offamily members And the price of kilograms of white meat, the price ofkilograms of fish, and the value of the coefficient of elasticity in terms of 0.65,0.42 respectively, and white meat and fish are competitive with red meat, whilein urban were the most important determinants of demand for meat The redvariables are the monthly income of the family, and The number of familymembers. The elasticity coefficient for these variables was about 0.58, 0.34,respectively.The main determinant factors for the demand for white meat inFayoum governorate were the monthly income, The elasticity of the incomeelasticity factor was 0.11 and that the commodity was necessary for theconsumer and the variable number of family members, And the factorsdetermining the demand for white meat in Fayoum governorate are the monthlyincome variables of the household, the number of family members, the price ofkilograms of red meat, the kilogram of white meat, The elasticity is about 0.35,0.55, 1.2, 0.33 respectively.The results of the research indicated that the most important factorsdetermining the demand for fish in rural Fayoum Governorate are the monthlyincome variables of the family, the number of family members, the price ofkilograms of red meat, and the elasticity coefficient of 0.36, 0.89, 1.3 And thenumber of family members. The elasticity factor was about 0.21, 0.58 and thiscommodity is necessary for the consumer in each of the Rural and urban areas.