An Analytical Study of the Reality of Agricultural Holdings in Aswan Governorate دراسة تحليلية لواقع الحيازات الزراعية بمحافظة أسوان

Abstract

Most countries suffer from the phenomenon of the fragmentation of agricultural holdings, which directly contributes to the decline in the volume of work and agricultural output, which is expressed as a dangerous phenomenon for the economies of countries that depend mainly on agriculture. A big negative, the most important of which was the economic infeasibility of small holdings and thus the exit of large areas of agricultural investment, the disintegration of the family and the spread of differences between members of the same family due to different points of view, the increase of migration to cities in search of livelihood and work, and the transformation of the agricultural community from open to consumer, this study showed that Edfu Center occupied the first place among the leading centers of the governorate, as its possession area amounted to about 40,236 acres, which is equivalent to 34.8% of the total area possessed in the governorate, while the Aswan Center did not exceed its agricultural area about 11568.6 acres, at an estimated rate of about 10.01% of the total licensed area in the governorate. The study also showed an increase in the value of the Gini coefficient in some governorate centers such as Aswan and Edfu, where it reached 0.27 and 0.34, respectively, while this percentage decreased. For laboratories in Nasr, Daraw and Kom Ombo centers, reaching about 0.19, 0.17, and 0.06.