In Egypt, the increasing demand for red meat caused by the increasing population, feeding limitations, and increasing cost of production, has become an impetus for meat producers to change the system of production. This study is to find out the main factors that influence the red meat production sector in Egypt. A factor analysis method was mainly used to determine factors which are important in red meat production. The analysis was based on data obtained by means of a questionnaire applied to a random sample of 48 red meat producers in Damietta Governorate in late 2016. The final results showed that five key factors were successfully constructed using factor analysis which are a production factor, a financial factor, an administrative factor, a biological factor, and a technological factor. The production and financial factors are important in producing red meat. The most important variables influencing red meat production are the number of animal units, and the volume of concentrated feed. The success of livestock enterprise depends on a prior experience in the field of meat production. High feed prices and fear of diseases were key challenges for determining red meat production. The availability of livestock feed is the major challenge for the red meat sector. Policy implication focuses on the necessity to increase the domestic production of red meat through facilitating the procedures of animal loans and encouraging the producers to increase the number of meat animals. Also, it becomes a necessity to increase the production of fodder crops and the appropriate vaccines.
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Factor Analysis, Principal Components, Red Meat Production, Egypt
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Bader E. A., S. D. Z. Dawoud, A. F. Helal. (2017). Factors Influencing the Red Meat Production in Damietta Governorate of Egypt: Factor Analysis Approach. International Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2(1), 15-26. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijae.20170201.13
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abstract = {In Egypt, the increasing demand for red meat caused by the increasing population, feeding limitations, and increasing cost of production, has become an impetus for meat producers to change the system of production. This study is to find out the main factors that influence the red meat production sector in Egypt. A factor analysis method was mainly used to determine factors which are important in red meat production. The analysis was based on data obtained by means of a questionnaire applied to a random sample of 48 red meat producers in Damietta Governorate in late 2016. The final results showed that five key factors were successfully constructed using factor analysis which are a production factor, a financial factor, an administrative factor, a biological factor, and a technological factor. The production and financial factors are important in producing red meat. The most important variables influencing red meat production are the number of animal units, and the volume of concentrated feed. The success of livestock enterprise depends on a prior experience in the field of meat production. High feed prices and fear of diseases were key challenges for determining red meat production. The availability of livestock feed is the major challenge for the red meat sector. Policy implication focuses on the necessity to increase the domestic production of red meat through facilitating the procedures of animal loans and encouraging the producers to increase the number of meat animals. Also, it becomes a necessity to increase the production of fodder crops and the appropriate vaccines.},
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