An analytical study of the economic effects of the encroachment on agricultural lands in Dakahlia Governorate

Fawaz, M.; Eladawy, Roshdy Shawkey; Al-Nufaily, Al.; Aboraya, Samy A. I.

doi:10.21608/jsas.2020.27833.1215

An analytical study of the economic effects of the encroachment on agricultural lands in Dakahlia Governorate

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Agricultural Economic Dept., Fac. of Agric., Kafrelsheikh University

² Department of agricultural economics,faculty of agriculture,kafrelshrikh unversity , egypt

³ Agricultural Resarch Center, Mansoura

⁴ Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University

10.21608/jsas.2020.27833.1215

Abstract

The phenomenon of encroachment on agricultural lands is considered a major economic problem facing the Egyptian national economy, given that the agricultural land resource is not sufficient to meet the human and animal needs of the necessary agricultural commodities due to the low agricultural production that negatively affects the Egyptian national economy, as the encroached area in Dakahlia Governorate reached about 5528 acres, representing about 7,3% of the total area of encroachment at the level of the Republic in 2019,The study aimed to address the phenomenon of encroachment on agricultural lands in all its various forms that threaten food security in Egypt in general and the Dakahlia Governorate in particular so that the phenomenon of encroachment at the governorate level and the national level can be explained through a set of goals, came in the eighth position in Dakahlia Governorate where cases of encroachment were estimated About 101,1 thousand cases, representing about 6,2% of the total number of cases of encroachment on agricultural lands on an area of 5086 acres, representing about 7,1% of the total area of land encroachment, the Dakahlia Governorate came in the field of study.

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