Egyptian Cotton and the Future of Cultivation: Case Study in Kafr El Sheikh Governorate

THE AGRICULTURAL sector is considered a product that did not stop the production sector, and depending on agricultural exports finished and half-processed or raw was the most important of these exports is Egyptian cotton, only to become a problem, Egyptian cotton cultivation and the production and marketing of the most important problems facing the farm Masri, and no doubt that the deterioration of cotton cultivation in Egypt and diminishing cultivated areas than a year from about 731.1 thousand acres in 2001 to about 361.7 thousand acres in 2014, a decline of about 50.5%, which resulted in less production of about 5284 0.4 thousand tons in 2001 to about 2027.1 thousand tons in 2014, a decline of about 61.64%, including a disaster is right under the circumstances that prevailed in Egypt under a dollar crisis, were secondary problem
The study facing the cotton growing fierce competition and unequal with other summer crops, as well as competition with cotton similar to him a global private cotton American Pima, which receives support in different ways submitted to it by the US government, in addition to the entry of new countries in the production of cotton long process staple such as China and India and others, on the other side of the observed significant decrease in cultivated area and productivity with cotton all over the country at a rate of about 49.48% during the period )1995-2015( which represents a pressure on a strategy.
Cotton cultivation in Egypt, and study the evolution of both space and production kidneys and productivity feddan to harvest cotton on the level of the Republic and Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate - cotton space on the level of the Republic decreased at an average annual decrease of about 35.96% of the average area of about 524.4 thousand acres during the study period, as well as for the province Shaikh acres at an average annual decrease of about 14.54% of the average area of about 109.6 thousand acres during the study period., feddan productivity on the level of the Republic show that this production has decreased by annual rate of 0.399 a pound on level of the Republic, representing approximately 0.056% of the average of $ 7.05 a pound, productivity feddan Shaikh governorate show that this production has decreased by annual average of 1,646 quintals, representing.
Approximately 22.86% of the average of 7.2 quintals, and estimates the total costs of the cotton crop was about 8203.8603 pounds per acre centers sample a Hamoul and Bella respectively, the total costs of the rice crop amounted to about 7054.7286 pounds per acre centers sample a Hamoul and Bella respectively, watermelon pulp It amounted to about 6080.5945 pounds per acre centers sample a Hamoul and Bella respectively, and study and propose some alternatives pricing assembly Optional and marketing of cotton, which is based on achieving the goal of equivalent yield Fairy expended in its production with yields pound spent on the production of the most important summer crops competition, a rice and watermelon pulp unclear the proposed price of cotton at the level of these centers is around 1465.6, 1571.27 pounds per quintal, while the yield is about1569.8 pounds per acre at an aggregate level of research sample. This proposed price represents a price that makes return Fairy spent on cotton production equal to that spent on the production of rice, it is clear that the proposed price of cotton at the level of these centers is around 1574.97, 1961.3 pounds per quintal, while the yield of about 1826.73 pounds per acre at an aggregate level of research sample. This proposed price represents a price that makes return Fairy spent on cotton production equal to that spent on the production of watermelon pulp.