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Simulating Corn Supply, Demand and Consumption in Egypt: A System Dynamics Approach

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Modeling the corn supply chain to satisfy population needs is a challenge, since corn is considered an essential food crop for achieving food security in many countries. Egypt is one of the biggest importers of corn in the world, since its domestic production is not sufficient to satisfy its population needs. A simulation model is built to represent the problem of local corn supply in Egypt, through studying the population demand, the capability of purchase from the markets, the production and import of corn. The proposed model provides good basis for showing the real life cycle of corn during the period (1990-2010) and projects the future until year 2030. It indicates gradual increase in population number so as the demand and imports. Finally, set of policies are applied to manage and improve production and import processes.

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INFOS '16: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Informatics and Systems
May 2016
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DOI:10.1145/2908446
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  1. Agriculture
  2. Corn
  3. Domestic consumption
  4. Imports
  5. Population
  6. Production
  7. System dynamics

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