Title: Economic impacts assessment of saline agriculture on marginal lands in Egypt: case study

Authors: Sherine Mansour; Mohsen Brahmi; Dakheel Abdall

Addresses: Desert Research Center, 1 Matahaf El Mataria St., P.O. Box 11753, Mataria, Egypt ' FEM Faculty, University of Sfax, 2343, Tunisia ' United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), P.O. Box 15551, Al Ain, UAE

Abstract: The paper aims to measure how to improve the livelihood of small farmers in the New Valley through disseminating and applying models for cultivation of new introduced crops tolerant to salinity at El-Kharga area, New Valley Governorate. This was done through economic evaluation, the level of farmers performance of the rural productive practices at the New Valley in the fields of agro-economic, social and environmental activities in the area were identified, different scenarios to determine the impact of the women's role on the added value of plant production were designed, and an economic assessment of some small scale industrial-agricultural projects were taken into consideration. The study concluded that educational and extension activities are required to promote the dissemination of the value added of new introduced plant production, e.g., quinoa, in the region to improve the farmers' agricultural income, improve their livelihood and thus their stability in the region.

Keywords: economic impact; environment; saline agriculture; livelihood; marginal lands; New Valley; ElKharga; agro-economic; social; Quinoa; value added; economic assessment; Egypt.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPSPM.2023.132242

International Journal of Public Sector Performance Management, 2023 Vol.12 No.1/2, pp.67 - 82

Received: 26 May 2020
Accepted: 11 Oct 2020
Published online: 14 Jul 2023 *

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