45
Lower, Middle and Upper Egypt, respectively compared to its value under traditional cultivation. Table 3.9 also showed that self-sufficiency ratio was increase in
the three regions, with the highest value existed in Middle Egypt, namely 115%.
The average self-sufficiency ratio was 86%.
3.7.3 Faba Bean Production-Consumption Gap
Faba bean is one of the main cultivated winter pulses seeds in Egypt. It has been
very poplar diet for the Egyptians due to its high nutritional value. However, its
cultivated area has sharply declined as a result of the expansion in sugar beet cultivation, where sugar beet is more profitable than faba bean.
Zohry and Ouda (2017b) revealed that 90% of faba bean production under traditional cultivation came from Lower Egypt, so was the highest percentage of consumption and the highest self-sufficiency ratio. Both Middle and Upper Egypt
produced very low percentage of faba bean and also have the lowest self-sufficiency
ratios (Table 3.10). The average faba bean self-sufficiency ratio was 27%.
Fig. 3.9 Relay intercropped maize with potato (a) and maize intercropped with cowpea (b)
Table 3.9 Percentage of increase in maize production, and self-sufficiency on region level in 2014
under using improved production package
Percentage of increase in production
(%)
a
Self-sufficiency (%)
a
Lower Egypt
64
76
Middle Egypt
66
115
Upper Egypt
55
86
a
Calculated by the authors from Zohry and Ouda (2017a)
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Lower, Middle and Upper Egypt, respectively compared to its value under traditional cultivation. Table 3.9 also showed that self-sufficiency ratio was increase in
the three regions, with the highest value existed in Middle Egypt, namely 115%.
The average self-sufficiency ratio was 86%.
3.7.3 Faba Bean Production-Consumption Gap
Faba bean is one of the main cultivated winter pulses seeds in Egypt. It has been
very poplar diet for the Egyptians due to its high nutritional value. However, its
cultivated area has sharply declined as a result of the expansion in sugar beet cultivation, where sugar beet is more profitable than faba bean.
Zohry and Ouda (2017b) revealed that 90% of faba bean production under traditional cultivation came from Lower Egypt, so was the highest percentage of consumption and the highest self-sufficiency ratio. Both Middle and Upper Egypt
produced very low percentage of faba bean and also have the lowest self-sufficiency
ratios (Table 3.10). The average faba bean self-sufficiency ratio was 27%.
Fig. 3.9 Relay intercropped maize with potato (a) and maize intercropped with cowpea (b)
Table 3.9 Percentage of increase in maize production, and self-sufficiency on region level in 2014
under using improved production package
Percentage of increase in production
(%)
a
Self-sufficiency (%)
a
Lower Egypt
64
76
Middle Egypt
66
115
Upper Egypt
55
86
a
Calculated by the authors from Zohry and Ouda (2017a)
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