An analytical Study of Nutritients Food gap from Red Meat in Egypt

Abstract

HE RESEARCH aimed to study the current situation of production and consumption of red meat and its development in Egypt, with the identification of some of the economic relationships associated with them, and a quantitative assessment of the impact of the most important determinants of both production and local consumption of red meat. It also aimed to estimate the size of the nutritional gap of red meat, the percentage of self-sufficiency of it, and the standard assessment of the impact of the most important determinants of the nutritional gap from red meat in Egypt. The most important results of the study were that the average per capita share of red meat in Egypt was about 12.75 kg in 2019, representing about 50% of the global counterpart, which amounted to about 25.5 kg / year. The average annual increase of the apparent gap size of red meat in Egypt was estimated at 20.13 thousand tons, representing about 6.3% of the annual average of the apparent gap estimated at 319.51 thousand tons, and it was statistically significant. The average annual increase of the actual gap size of red meat in Egypt was estimated at 39.28 thousand tons, representing about 3.4% of the annual average of the actual gap estimated at 1155.3 thousand tons, and it was statistically significant during the study period. The rate of self-sufficiency in meat ranged between a minimum of about 54.66% during the year 2019, and a maximum of about 87.39% during the year 2001, which is equivalent to about 1.59 as its counterpart in 2019, with an annual average of about 74.20% during the study period.