AHMED, A., AHMED, A., EL-SOGHIER, K. (2015). AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ENCROACHMENT ON AGRICULTURAL LAND IN THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT (A CASE STUDY IN ISMAILIA GOVERNORATE). Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 93(3), 967-990. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2015.155486
AHMED Z. AHMED; ABDALAA M. AHMED; KAMAL S. EL-SOGHIER. "AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ENCROACHMENT ON AGRICULTURAL LAND IN THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT (A CASE STUDY IN ISMAILIA GOVERNORATE)". Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 93, 3, 2015, 967-990. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2015.155486
AHMED, A., AHMED, A., EL-SOGHIER, K. (2015). 'AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ENCROACHMENT ON AGRICULTURAL LAND IN THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT (A CASE STUDY IN ISMAILIA GOVERNORATE)', Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 93(3), pp. 967-990. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2015.155486
AHMED, A., AHMED, A., EL-SOGHIER, K. AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ENCROACHMENT ON AGRICULTURAL LAND IN THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT (A CASE STUDY IN ISMAILIA GOVERNORATE). Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 2015; 93(3): 967-990. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2015.155486
AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ENCROACHMENT ON AGRICULTURAL LAND IN THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT (A CASE STUDY IN ISMAILIA GOVERNORATE)
Sugar Crops Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt.
Abstract
he study aimed mainly to identify the size of the problem of encroaching on agricultural land in Ismailia governorate, and determine the economic impact of this phenomenon through a questionnaire to a sample of research trespassers on agricultural Land preservation, and the study found the following results: 1- The loss in the cultivated area as a result of infringement of agricultural land in Ismailia governorate for the period 25.01.2011-30.6.2014amounted to about 257 feddan relative importance of approximately 0.02% of the total cultivated reins and maintaining 403.25thousand feddan. 2- Estimated space lost crops of wheat, alfalfa, onions, rice, corn, potatoes, summer as a result of infringement of building on agricultural land preservation around70.16 , 57.8 , 18.6 , 43.9 , 24.7, 12.6 feddan on arrangement. 3- Estimated loss in production of wheat crop about1.30 thousand ardebs , and clover crop at about 1.74 , and onions around 0.454 thousand tons. و and, rice0.075 thousand tons و , corn about0.9 thousand ardebs, , potatoes, summer 0.17 thousand tons. 4- Estimated loss in the produced quantities of animal feed, Ismailia governorate of wheat straw , alfalfa , corn by about 0.127,1.735, 0.944, thousand tons , respectively.. 5- As much as the loss of livestock in the province of ismailia , resulting from the loss in the production of animal feed a cow at about 3720 , or about 3100 thousand of buffalo, or about 2480 thousand of gamels , or about 18600 thousand sheep. 6- Estimated the loss in net farm income as a result of infringement of building on agricultural land in ismailia governorate of about 1.299 million pounds. 7- Estimated loss in off-farm employment opportunities to maintain about 5286 working days/ man.8- Shows that about 65% of the preservation believe he should impose a fine on the infringer per meter of agricultural land that has been infringement boiled but once, and saw 20% of the respondents to impose a fine annual infringer, and saw 10% of respondents fined once worth the building , while he saw 5% of the respondents should remove the infringement.