Increase of Vegetables Prices

Problem stem Essay-3rd draft Increase of Vegetables Prices * The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) stated that inflation has risen to 11. 7%, an increase of 0. 2 % this year over last (Abdel Moniem, 2010). Prices of tomatoes, green beans, cucumber & adenine green genus Capsicums prices have increased to be 15LE, 16LE, 6LE, and 8LE per kilo respectively. Affording basics necessities has become difficult for the middle &type A lower class families in view of such gamy inflation.Nadia, works as a home base cleaner she is a widow and a mother of three children. One plate of salad for a family comprised of quaternion members, used to cost 3 LE in the past few months. Now it costs more than 10 LE. We have to eat foul & eggs instead. Now, I cannot buy vegetables every daytime like before. says Nadia. The gravity of this problem implores us to explore short and long-term solutions. Immediately, the Egyptian establishment should direct over the increasi ng prices of the vegetables as a short-term solution, and re-distri neverthelesse the farmlands on the long term. disposal officials from agriculture & the Economic Development ministries attributed the sudden increase of the vegetables prices to a wide array of reasons. The first reason is the tired of(p) climate change during the summer. This years heat waves caused Egypts tomato production to plummet from 40 scores per acre to 15 tons per acre this year. (Abdel Moniem, 2010). The second reason is the spread of the white flies & pests that attacked and devoured most of the fruits. The third reason is the fearful transportation. The fourth reason is the lack of appropriate packing of the vegetables.The final factor is the random increase in prices by the intermediary sellers. App arently, the soaring increase in the prices of the vegetables may lead to a number of cause on the consumption rates of Egyptian family. Some housewives enforce diet programs to their family. Other families boycott vegetables, or eat them once a week as a method of controlling their budget. Furthermore, in stage to save money for food, most of the families skipped going out, traveling on holidays, or even having friends gathering at home. How can we avoid all these?Instantaneously, interaction from the Egyptian government should be done to solve the crisis of escalating prices of the vegetables. Egypt is stratified as the second largest country worldwide in producing tomatoes. This season a 55% of whole reap was damaged. (Abdel Momiem, 2010). However, government should keep an eye on those issues. In fact, when the crisis happened in September 2010, the agribusiness ministry tried to stand by sight finding the vegetables in affordable prices. As a swift solution, the ministry opened some vegetables outlets in contrary areas in Giza & Cairo with cheaper prices.Even though, the ministry allow ford 10000 tons of each kind of vegetables into these outlets with pric es less than those for sale in the markets, yet they are not as cheap as before (Nagib, 2010). For instance, in the market, people can find the tomatoes with 12 LE/Kilo however, the outlet sells it with 4. 50LE, but originally it was 2. 00LE/kilo a few months ago. These outlets could be a quick solution from the ministry of agriculture, but it is not an effective one. Is this quantity fair to middling for the Egyptian residents? The government must carry out the following steps in order to argue with this crisis.First, the Ministry of Agriculture should provide sufficient quantities of vegetables in both reasonable prices and good quality. In coordination with the neighboring countries, the ministry of Agriculture could import the needed quantities of vegetables. Importing process is expensive however, the government should bear any extra costs, and provide the market with these commodities at affordable prices. Second, storage facilities must be well deemed, to prevent damage o f the goods. For instance, storehouses, fridge trucks and domestic transfer trucks must work properly with the appropriate temperatures.Finally, government officials should have a firmer upon) on the mid sellers, so they can avoid manipulating prices. In addition, severe penalties should be applied on those mid sellers if they trade with more than the official prices. Financially, these steps might cost the Egyptian government alot, but in cooperation with the ministry of finance, they can be viable. This could be a helpful band-aid approach to help decrease prices. Government should solve this problem by re-distributing the farmland according to its quality, coat and nature of the soil. Food & Agriculture Organization ( FAO) statistics stated that the agriculture land size in the year of 1970 was 4842 HA. Today those landss size is 3542HA. After shrinkage in the agriculture lands has occurred, the harvest quality & quantity has also lessen significantly. Re-distributing th e farmland and utilizing it in efficient way might need some implementations. First, government should determine the need and consumptions of the people in each kind of vegetables. So, Ministries of Agriculture & Population can provide the surgical rates of vegetables consumption in Egypt.Second execution is determining the farmlands that are suitable for each kind of crops. For instance, Delta lands are the most suitable areas for planting tomato because of its richly fertilized soil. On the contrary, the sugar-cane needs high temperature, so upper Egypt is the perfect location for it. Third, to reclaim unexploited constructions lands into productive agriculture areas. Recently, vegetables production had decreased especially in Delta area because the buildings, bridges, and factories are occupied large-scale of the agriculture land pieces.Fourth, increase the farmers awareness of the climate change, so take the fundamental precautions to save the crops. Nowadays, the weather forecasts equipment improves rapidly, and could predict the climate change in advance. Finally, sufficient fertilizers, pesticides & high mechanics should be supplied to the farmers in reasonable prices. In order to fructify into practice this provision, Ministry of Agriculture must distribute those pesticides & fertilizers among the farmlands equally.Definitely, these steps require incessant cooperation between different ministries Agriculture, Health & Population, Housing & Development and the Scientific Research. Unfortunately, this process may take geezerhood to be implemented moreover, it needs abundant budget. Nevertheless, this long-term solution is an effective way to solve the high increase of vegetable prices in Egypt. Vegetables are the most essential nutrients that provide human bodies with the basics vitamins to maintain a good health, and raise immunity.Unexpected rise of vegetables prices forced people to boycott or quit acquire these products, as they cannot afford. Government should enforce a quick strategy to reduce prices, and plan the farmlands according to the crops type in order to solve this problem. The government should proactively work on facilitating peoples life, and providing them with the basic needs. Treacherously, the impact of the vegetables prices raise may reach the peak very soon. Hence, the scale of poverty go forth elevate, and criminals ratios will widely expand into the Egyptian Society.The Egyptian government should consider the vegetables prices inflation as a major crisis not as a commonplace problem. * Abdel Moniem, A (2010,October ,14/20). 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