The economic role of electric energy in the agricultural sector in Egypt

Abstract

THE RESEARCH mainly aimed to study the economic role of electric energy in the agricultural sector by studying some of the following sub-objectives: the development of the amount of electrical energy sold in the electricity distribution company according to the purpose of obtaining electricity during the period (2009 - 2022), estimating the impact of electrical energy on the agricultural sector. During the period (2009-2022), the amount of electrical energy sold by the Electricity Distribution Company to the industrial sector in Egypt increased at a growth rate of about 1%. During the study period, the amount of electrical energy sold by the Electricity Distribution Company to the agricultural sector in Egypt increased at a growth rate of about 4.4%. During the study period, the total amount of electrical energy sold by the Electricity Distribution Company in Egypt increased at a growth rate of about 2.4%. During the study period, the amount of electrical energy has a positive impact on both net agricultural income and the value of Egyptian agricultural production. The results of the causality test indicate the existence of a relationship Causality goes from the amount of electrical energy in the agricultural sector to net agricultural income. It also became clear that there is a unidirectional relationship from the amount of electrical energy in the agricultural sector towards the total value of agricultural production.