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SINAI Journal of Applied Sciences
SINAI University
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The research aimed to measure the economic effects of using and applying modern technological methods in agricultural operations on the rice crop compared to the traditional level in Sharkia Governorate. This was done by using a random stratified cluster sample of 270 holders of rice in Faqous and Minya al-Qamh centers on the basis that they are one of the largest centers of Sharkia Governorate in terms of rice area for the agricultural season 2018-2019. The results of the research revealed an annual increase in the number of agricultural machines at the level of Egypt and Sharkia Governorate, as an average for the period 2010-2018, and that there is a decrease in the total production of the rice crop in Egypt and the Sharkia governorate with a decrease rate of 3.56% and 0.53% annually, respectively, and this is due to the decrease in the total area planted with the rice crop in Egypt and the Sharkia governorate with a decrease rate of 2.64%, 0.60%, respectively, while It was found that there was a slight increase in feddans productivity in Egypt and Sharkia Governorate, with a growth rate of 0.08% and 0.07%, respectively, as an average for the period 2010-2018. It was clear that the indicators of productive and economic efficiency in technological agriculture were superior to those in mixed and traditional agriculture. It was also found that there is a clear impact of the different technological levels on the average productivity of an feddans of rice, the total revenue, the average costs of producing a ton of rice, the net yield per feddans, and the amount of irrigation water used to produce an feddans of rice in the sample of the field study. It was also found that technological agriculture operates in the economic stage with a production elasticity of about 0.976, in contrast to traditional and mixture agriculture, which operates within the scope of economic combinations of production inputs with a production elasticity of about 1.567 and 1.229, respectively. It was found that the cost of the optimal blend for rice farmers at the technological level is slightly lower than the cost of the actual blend by about 89.63 L.E, which represents about 1.36% of the cost of the actual blend. The optimal combination is significantly lower than the cost of the actual combination by about 1279.58 L.E, 666.67 L.E, representing about 20.04%, 11.16% of the cost of the actual combination, respectively. The research recommends the tendency to provide light and modern agricultural machines to preserve soil fertility, not to compress it and reduce the percentage of waste as a result of using old equipment, by offering these modern and advanced machines at reasonable prices and in installments with simple interest for farmers through the Egyptian Agricultural Bank to advance rural life.
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