An economic study to estimate the efficiency of sheep and goat production in the Dakhla Center, New Valley Governorate

The agricultural sector is considered one of the important sectors in the national economy, as it is the main sector that provides food for people and animals, in addition to providing some raw materials for the industrial sector. The average value of animal production is estimated at about 152.8 billion pounds, representing about 37.2% of the average value of production. The average amount of red meat production from sheep and goats was about 9861, 353 tons, representing about 4.3% and 0.2%, respectively, of the total meat production. Hamra nationwide, which is about 230,795 tons during the period (2015-2018)
The research problem is the relative stability of the number of sheep and goats in Matrouh Governorate in recent years, which requires identifying the reasons for the reluctance of the teachers to maintain the promotion of raising sheep and goats in the sample of the study. Therefore, it was justified to research the economic efficiency of raising and producing sheep and goats in the new Valley governorate To identify the current and future status of the production of red meat, especially sheep and goats in the governorate, and to measure the technical efficiency in the cases of fixed and variable returns of capacity, while comparing technical efficiency and economic efficiency (cost efficiency). Allocative efficiency (price), as well as to identify the problems and obstacles facing educators in this field. The study was based on the sample of the study, which includes 7 centers the new Valley governorate. The center of the new Valley was selected, where the second place represents 20% of the total number of educators in the governorate. This center is easily accessible from and to it. The number of breeders for sheep and goats was counted at this center and 50 farmers were randomly selected.