THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE APPLICATION OF MODERN TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SQUASH IN WADI HADHRAMAUT

Document Type : Original Article

Abstract

The study aimed to review the most important techniques to squash entered in addition to the economic evaluation of new technologies and their impact on output and income and the study of costs and benefits hectares in modern agriculture and traditional farming. Been relying mainly on preliminary data on the results of a questionnaire for personal interviews with a selected sample of farmers squash in Tarim District, and data were collected from
extention fields have been implemented in farmers' fields, in addition to secondary data published and unpublished, as the study relied on my way descriptive and quantitative analysis and the use of partial budget. Results indicated that the area and the production of squash at the national level has taken a general trend growing morally statistical,while taken in annual decreasing trend in Hadramout governorate,While productivity has taken on a national level and governorate a
statistical significant decreasing trend year. Results of the study also indicated to increase the productivity of squash as a result of the introduction of new technologies combined with the farmers in selected areas of the Gria and Damon to around about 31.659 tons / ha, an increase of about 17.659 tons / ha, equivalent to about 126% for traditional farming, While the introduction of artistic techniques input costs about 712.789 thousand riyals / ha while the counterpart in the
traditional fields about 528.570 thousand riyals / ha, an increase of about 184.219 thousand riyals / ha, equivalent to about 34.8% for traditional farming. The results showed high return per hectare squash in modern agriculture by about 82.5% for traditional farming. As returns rose above variable costs in modern agriculture by about 141% for
traditional farming. The ratio of return on cost is about 1.3, 0.75 for both traditional and modern agriculture respectively. The total marginal rate of return (MRR) to 27.3 %, this indicator shows the level of returns as a result of the unity of the money directed to the purchase of new technologies squash.

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