Performance Indicators of Agricultural Investment Policies in Egypt

Abstract

The research aims to study the current situation of agricultural investments in Egypt during the study period (99/2000-2018/2019). Also, identifying the efficiency of agricultural investments. Annual data covering the period 2000-2019 was used to measure the efficiency of agricultural investments in Egypt. The research also conducts econometric model to determine the actual relationship between the various economic factors that make up the economic structure of society, namely investment, income and consumption. The results reveal that inefficiency of investments in the agricultural public sector according to the criteria of investment rate, return on investment, and Endothelial coefficient, while it is noted that there is efficiency in agricultural investments in the private sector. Finally there is statistically significant positive relationship between the average of investment per capita(y) and the average of agricultural income per capita, the average of short-term agricultural loans per capita and the average per capita of agricultural exports in one year lagged (xs variables), where those (xs) changing by 1 L.E would result in statistically significant increasing of agricultural investment per capita by L.E 1.35, 1.5 and 2.6 respectively, while there is statistically significant negative relationship between the average of investment per capita(y), and the real interest rate, where this (x) changing by 1 L.E would result in statistically significant decreasing in agricultural investment per capita by L.E 2.95.