Guidelines for Sustainable Soybean Production in Egypt
Soybean (Glycine max) remains one of the most vital oilseed and protein crops globally, serving as a source of food, feed, forage, and various industrial applications. It is particularly valued for its high-quality protein content (38–42%) with a balanced amino acid profile, and it yields more us...
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| author | Devkota, Krishna el borai, Mahmoud Attaher, Samar Devkota Wasti, Mina Kumari Azmy, Alaa Abdalrhman, Rehab Morsy, Amr Abouzied, Abouzied |
| author_browse | Abdalrhman, Rehab Abouzied, Abouzied Attaher, Samar Azmy, Alaa Devkota Wasti, Mina Kumari Devkota, Krishna Morsy, Amr el borai, Mahmoud |
| author_facet | Devkota, Krishna el borai, Mahmoud Attaher, Samar Devkota Wasti, Mina Kumari Azmy, Alaa Abdalrhman, Rehab Morsy, Amr Abouzied, Abouzied |
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| description | Soybean (Glycine max) remains one of the most vital oilseed and protein crops globally, serving
as a source of food, feed, forage, and various industrial applications. It is particularly valued for
its high-quality protein content (38–42%) with a balanced amino acid profile, and it yields more
usable protein per hectare than other staple crops like rice, wheat, or maize. Additionally, soybeans
provide an unsaturated, cholesterol-free oil (18–22%), enriched with omega-3 fatty acids, making
it a nutritionally valuable crop. However, despite these advantages, over 80% of global soybean
production is processed into animal feed and oil rather than consumed directly as food.
In Egypt, soybean cultivation has steadily declined over the past four decades, from 62,000 hectares
in 1983 to just 14,000 hectares in 2021. Soybean productivity in Egypt is slightly low (3 t ha-1), where
the highest productivity is 4.15 t ha-1 (Turkey), followed by 3.45 t ha-1 in USA and Brazil. Meanwhile,
domestic demand for soybean products has surged, reaching around 5 million tons in 2022, largely
driven by the growth in poultry and livestock production and the need to address an increasing
shortfall in edible oils and protein. This reduction in cultivated area has been attributed to the
influence of low-cost imported soybeans, which pressured local prices and made other summer crops
more economically attractive for farmers. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1685642026-01-23T02:11:14Z Guidelines for Sustainable Soybean Production in Egypt Devkota, Krishna el borai, Mahmoud Attaher, Samar Devkota Wasti, Mina Kumari Azmy, Alaa Abdalrhman, Rehab Morsy, Amr Abouzied, Abouzied crops egypt sustainable soybean Soybean (Glycine max) remains one of the most vital oilseed and protein crops globally, serving as a source of food, feed, forage, and various industrial applications. It is particularly valued for its high-quality protein content (38–42%) with a balanced amino acid profile, and it yields more usable protein per hectare than other staple crops like rice, wheat, or maize. Additionally, soybeans provide an unsaturated, cholesterol-free oil (18–22%), enriched with omega-3 fatty acids, making it a nutritionally valuable crop. However, despite these advantages, over 80% of global soybean production is processed into animal feed and oil rather than consumed directly as food. In Egypt, soybean cultivation has steadily declined over the past four decades, from 62,000 hectares in 1983 to just 14,000 hectares in 2021. Soybean productivity in Egypt is slightly low (3 t ha-1), where the highest productivity is 4.15 t ha-1 (Turkey), followed by 3.45 t ha-1 in USA and Brazil. Meanwhile, domestic demand for soybean products has surged, reaching around 5 million tons in 2022, largely driven by the growth in poultry and livestock production and the need to address an increasing shortfall in edible oils and protein. This reduction in cultivated area has been attributed to the influence of low-cost imported soybeans, which pressured local prices and made other summer crops more economically attractive for farmers. 2025-01-06T21:30:22Z 2025-01-06T21:30:22Z Other (Guideline) https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168564 en Open Access application/pdf Guidelines for Sustainable Soybean Production in Egypt. |
| spellingShingle | crops egypt sustainable soybean Devkota, Krishna el borai, Mahmoud Attaher, Samar Devkota Wasti, Mina Kumari Azmy, Alaa Abdalrhman, Rehab Morsy, Amr Abouzied, Abouzied Guidelines for Sustainable Soybean Production in Egypt |
| title | Guidelines for Sustainable Soybean Production in Egypt |
| title_full | Guidelines for Sustainable Soybean Production in Egypt |
| title_fullStr | Guidelines for Sustainable Soybean Production in Egypt |
| title_full_unstemmed | Guidelines for Sustainable Soybean Production in Egypt |
| title_short | Guidelines for Sustainable Soybean Production in Egypt |
| title_sort | guidelines for sustainable soybean production in egypt |
| topic | crops egypt sustainable soybean |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168564 |
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