An Economic Study for Hatchery Plants in Sharkia Governorate

The study aimed to identify the current status of hatchery laboratories in Egypt in general and Sharkia Governorate in particular. And study the problems facing those laboratories to raise their technical and economic efficiency. The importance of the study is due to the possibility of identifying the factors that affect the efficiency of the economic performance of the industrial hatchery laboratories in Sharkia governorate, and thus positive factors can be activated and activated and discouraging and limiting negative factors.
     The study relied on analyzing the data and presenting its findings on the descriptive and quantitative methods represented in the growth rate, percentages, coefficient of difference, and determining factor. In addition to using the apparently unrelated linear regression equations model, and finally some indicators of productive economic efficiency.
     The study also relied on two main data sources, the first of which was primary data for a field study conducted in Sharkia governorate and targeting medium and large-scale industrial hatcheries using a questionnaire designed specifically for this purpose. The second is published and unpublished secondary data from official bodies such as the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, and the Directorate of Agriculture in the East. In addition to some specialized websites.
      An intentional sample of artificial hatchery plants of large and medium capacities was chosen from administrative centers with desert backs, according to the records of the Animal Production Department of the Directorate of Agriculture in the Sharkia Governorate. Most of the industrial hatchery plants are concentrated in the Husayniyah and Bilbeis centers, and therefore the two centers are focused on. The sample was taken from both licensed and unlicensed laboratories. The sample size of the study was 60 laboratories.
      The study reached several results, the most important of which are: that by studying the average area on which the plant is located, it turned out that it amounted to about 11.35 carats with a number of hatcheries of about 8 hatcheries, and by studying the storage capacity it was found that the absorptive capacity of the plant reached about 920 million eggs annually while the energy reached Operating about 727,89 thousand eggs.
     The employment rate for hatchery laboratories in the study sample was about 79.12%, the percentage of lost employment is about 20.88%, and the average fertilization rate has reached about 85%, while the average percentage of hatching was about 82.06%, and it has been shown that the average
The screening rate was about 0.94%, which indicates the low efficiency of the hatching process.
     And by studying the capital costs of the project as a whole, it amounts to about 10.29 million pounds. And by studying the average costs and revenues
Hatching batch with a field study sample shows that the total costs have reached about 237,975 thousand pounds, of which operating costs represent about 64%, while rent represents about 36%. It was also found that the total revenue of the factory amounted to about 273,429 thousand pounds, bringing the net return to about 35,454 thousand pounds annually. The profitability of the pound invested in the hatchery process was about 0.15 pounds, which means that the invested pound is able to achieve 15% of its value as an annual return when investing in the hatchery plant. The ratio of total revenue to total costs was about 1.15, while the ratio of total revenue to operating costs was about 1.80. The total margin was about 121.20 thousand pounds.
     The study also revealed that there are many problems facing hatchery laboratories in the sample of the study, the most important of which are: the lack of chicks prices in the market, and therefore laboratories may be exposed to loss due to the high costs of spawning and the low return from their sale, the instability of employment and dependence on temporary labor significantly, and the scarcity of expertise required for the spawning field .
    To raise the efficiency of hatchery performance, it was found that there are many methods, the most important of which are: setting a fixed price for chicks that takes into account production costs in addition to a profit margin, establishing training courses for workers in this field through the use of scientific and practical experiences, and orientation towards the use of alternative and safe energy such as solar energy , And reduce losses from hatchery eggs through the use of expertise and skills development for workers, and finally encourage scientific research towards the use of hatchery waste in a safe and environmentally friendly way.