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Nowadays, even with the growth and progress of the agricultural sector, the food gap (FG) is still wide, particularly for strategic crops, affecting the national economy and compromising the food security. The realization of self-sufficiency can be fulfilled only by achieving the highest production efficiency along with preserving the natural resources currently available, especially arable land and irrigation water. In this analysis, the FG in Egypt was modeled for 13 crops between the years 2000 and 2018. The linear model applied suggested a redistribution of crops in terms of production, food demand and land reallocation, in order to find the best solution to minimize the FG on the basis of crop value and under a set of constraints. It was found that the value of the modelled FG increased steadily from 2005 to 2017, then it started to decline slightly, probably due to the steady increase in the population growth rate which is a crucial factor in enlarging the FG. Furthermore, important water loss was noticed through the analysis period. In fact, there was a huge difference, reaching around 25 billion m3 between the water consumed for the studied crops and the total amount of renewable water. The main reason for this loss can be linked to the traditional irrigation methods used, such as surface irrigation. Moreover, the calculation of food demand with the estimated production and the redistribution of crop land reallocations were performed to achieve the best model fit between the crops in terms of minimizing the FG in Egypt. So far, the current agricultural policy has reaped limited gains and a steep decline of food economic balance. Hence, significant interest on rising productivity should be given by the government to achieve the food self-sufficiency in Egypt.
Mohannad Alobid; Bilal Derardja; István Szűcs. Food Gap Optimization for Sustainability Concerns, the Case of Egypt. Sustainability 2021, 13, 2999 .
AMA StyleMohannad Alobid, Bilal Derardja, István Szűcs. Food Gap Optimization for Sustainability Concerns, the Case of Egypt. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (5):2999.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMohannad Alobid; Bilal Derardja; István Szűcs. 2021. "Food Gap Optimization for Sustainability Concerns, the Case of Egypt." Sustainability 13, no. 5: 2999.
The poor performance of government‐managed irrigation systems still spills over into developing countries despite numerous attempts to improve efficiency through management transfer to farmers. Weak engagement of farmers in management is identified as one of the underlying causes of poor performance. The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors determining farmers' engagement in irrigation management in the Mubuku smallholder scheme, Uganda. The paper presents an assessment of the governing institutions through a qualitative method and a quantitative analysis to identify enabling factors of famers' engagement in management. As results, the paper argues that the current institutional setting of the scheme is only partially in line with predefined principles of self‐governing irrigation schemes. Farmers are not considered as creating a two‐tiered management structure due to the weak enforcement mechanism towards free‐riders, insufficient monitoring of resources and activities, lack of effective means of conflict resolution, an underdeveloped de facto institution and lack of organizational layers. Based on a farmers' survey, the outputs of semi‐parametric (SML) and semi‐non‐parametric (SNP) models indicate that education and household size have a significant and positive impact on farmers' engagement in management, while land size large enough to require employees has a negative and significant impact on engagement.
Maher Salman; Imre Fertő; Mohannad Alobid; Éva Pék. Farmers can substantially deploy irrigation potential through improved management environment: enabling factors of farmers' involvement in resource‐efficient irrigation management. Irrigation and Drainage 2020, 70, 541 -554.
AMA StyleMaher Salman, Imre Fertő, Mohannad Alobid, Éva Pék. Farmers can substantially deploy irrigation potential through improved management environment: enabling factors of farmers' involvement in resource‐efficient irrigation management. Irrigation and Drainage. 2020; 70 (3):541-554.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaher Salman; Imre Fertő; Mohannad Alobid; Éva Pék. 2020. "Farmers can substantially deploy irrigation potential through improved management environment: enabling factors of farmers' involvement in resource‐efficient irrigation management." Irrigation and Drainage 70, no. 3: 541-554.
Vegetable crops cannot be dispensed with to meet the nutritional needs of the population in Syria, and it is suffering from large price fluctuations. The impact of the current crisis has a significant impact on these changes on the prices of the product itself, competing for crops, or production requirements, which is directly reflected in the areas cultivated and its production. In this research, a seek has been made to analyze the area and production of the vegetables crop in Syrian agriculture before and after the crisis. The results of the study show that for vegetables crop (irrigated and rain-fed) there has been a decrease in the cultivated area during the crisis compared to the period before it 302.299 and 427.760 hectares, respectively. Besides, in terms of production, we note that there has been a negative impact of the crisis on vegetables crop (irrigated and rain-fed) of 2911.522, 579.368 tons, respectively.Keywords: Vegetable crops, Syrian Crisis, Production, AreaJEL Classifications: M11, Q13DOI: https://doi.org/10.32479/irmm.9108
Mohannad Alobid; Szűcs Istvan. THE SYRIAN CRISIS IMPACT ON THE AREA AND THE PRODUCTION: A CASE STUDY OF VEGETABLES CROP. International Review of Management and Marketing 2020, 10, 80 -83.
AMA StyleMohannad Alobid, Szűcs Istvan. THE SYRIAN CRISIS IMPACT ON THE AREA AND THE PRODUCTION: A CASE STUDY OF VEGETABLES CROP. International Review of Management and Marketing. 2020; 10 (2):80-83.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMohannad Alobid; Szűcs Istvan. 2020. "THE SYRIAN CRISIS IMPACT ON THE AREA AND THE PRODUCTION: A CASE STUDY OF VEGETABLES CROP." International Review of Management and Marketing 10, no. 2: 80-83.
Nowadays, nearly 90% of global water consumption is caused by irrigation activities, and more than 40% of the crops are produced under irrigated conditions. This study is an endeavour to estimate the irrigation water requirement (IWR) and crop water requirement (CWR) for some selected crops (Pepper, Eggplant, Potato, Soybean, Maize, Wheat Melon, Lettuce, Sunflower, Broadbean, Citrus, Cherry, Olive tree, Sugarbeet, Artichoke, Wine Grapes, Carrot...etc.) in Sothern Italy. The selected districts (Sant’ Arcangelo) have been taken as a case study area. Demanded meteorologically (rainfall, temperature, humidity, wind speed, sunshine hours) and crop data (crop coefficient and crop calendar) have been collected for 30 years period from 1981 to 2011. FAO CROPWATv8.0 software has been applied for requisite calculation of CWR and IWR along with the developing of cropping patterns. The FAO Penman-Monteith equation is used for estimating the reference evapotranspiration (ET0) by using meteorological data in the framework of CROPWAT model as it regarded as a good evaluator for a wide variety of climatic conditions. The analysis indicates that FAO Penman-Monteith suits very well for the study area and can be successfully used for the estimation of reference evapotranspiration. The important results in this study indicate that the IWR is very low from November to April (wintertime) due to higher rainfall intensity in these months and from month May to October a considerable amount of water is required for irrigation. JEL Classification: Q25, Q24,Q10
Mohannad Alobid; István Szűcs. Evaluation of crop and irrigation water requirements for some selected crops in Apulia region -Southern Italy. Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce 2019, 13, 39 -50.
AMA StyleMohannad Alobid, István Szűcs. Evaluation of crop and irrigation water requirements for some selected crops in Apulia region -Southern Italy. Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce. 2019; 13 (3-4):39-50.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMohannad Alobid; István Szűcs. 2019. "Evaluation of crop and irrigation water requirements for some selected crops in Apulia region -Southern Italy." Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce 13, no. 3-4: 39-50.
Irrigation remains a critical input into farming and, therefore, it remains a proxy for food security and poverty alleviation in developing countries. Despite their role in economic growth and the received investment, irrigation schemes are still underperforming. Among many irrigation schemes, transferring more management responsibilities to farmers proved to be a viable path toward improving performance. However, the large diversity of implementation strategies makes evaluation difficult, while its well-demonstrated benefits have paramount importance to convince reluctant smallholders to take additional roles. In order to address this gap, we analyze the effects of participation on farming outcomes (yield, revenue, net profit) by estimating the treatment effect. We present the case study of a Mubuku small-scale irrigation scheme, Uganda. We provide a framework to construct the Farmers Participation Index while distinguishing farmers into participating and not participating groups. The effects of participation are investigated through econometric methods including nonparametric and semiparametric estimation methods such as a difference in means, a regression adjustment, propensity score matching, and entropy balancing. The analysis reveals a positive and significant treatment effect of participation on farming outcomes. The obtained results endorse the efforts of governmental programs to foster responsibility transfer and the farmers’ role in irrigation management. A strong causal relationship between management and profitability provides incentives for farmers to engage in participation.
Éva Pék; Imre Fertő; Mohannad Alobid. Evaluating the Effect of Farmers’ Participation in Irrigation Management on Farm Productivity and Profitability in the Mubuku Irrigation Scheme, Uganda. Water 2019, 11, 2413 .
AMA StyleÉva Pék, Imre Fertő, Mohannad Alobid. Evaluating the Effect of Farmers’ Participation in Irrigation Management on Farm Productivity and Profitability in the Mubuku Irrigation Scheme, Uganda. Water. 2019; 11 (11):2413.
Chicago/Turabian StyleÉva Pék; Imre Fertő; Mohannad Alobid. 2019. "Evaluating the Effect of Farmers’ Participation in Irrigation Management on Farm Productivity and Profitability in the Mubuku Irrigation Scheme, Uganda." Water 11, no. 11: 2413.