Study Summary
During the last two decades of the twentieth century, Egyptian society has undergone many changes
in income, increasing the number of people, especially the number of children, and increasing health awareness,
which in turn was reflected in the change in the pattern of food consumption in general and on the consumption
of children's milk in particular, which led to an increase in demand in quantity and quality, where the imported
quantities of children's milk in Egypt increased to about 1387 tons on average for the period (2008-2020). Based
on the above, it was found that there is a national problem that requires research and analysis to identify in
general the various economic aspects of the children's dairy sector in Egypt and in particular on the possibility
of local manufacturing of this product.
1- Study of imports of children's milk in Egypt.
2-The pattern of breastfeeding, artificial and mixture according to the study sample for Qalyubia Governorate
and the factors that led to the non-continuation of breastfeeding according to the study sample.
1- Study of Egyptian imports of children's milk:
The study showed that the amount of Egyptian imports of children's milk ranged from a minimum of about 75
tons in 2018 to a maximum of about 8646 tons in 2012 with an annual average of about 1387 tons during the
period (2008-2020), while the value of Egyptian imports of children's dairy ranged from a minimum of about
EGP 2.11 million in 2018 to a maximum of about EGP 116.9 million in 2012 with an annual average of about
EGP 21.62 million during the period (2008 - 2020). The study showed that the price of importing a ton of
children's milk has ranged from a minimum of about 10.523 thousand pounds / ton in 2014 to a maximum of
about 87.048 thousand pounds / ton in 2020 with an annual average of about 25.528 thousand pounds per ton
during the period (2008 - 2020).
2- The pattern of breastfeeding, artificial and mixed according to the study sample of the governorate of
QaliuBaya:
The results of the study showed where the researchers were divided according to the type of
breastfeeding followed with their infants into three categories (natural, mixture, artificial), and the results
indicated that 21.7% of urban respondents breastfeed their children compared to 40% of the respondents in the
countryside, while the percentage of female researchers who breastfeed their children in a mixture between
breastfeeding and artificial milk came 33.3% of the urban respondents compared to 26.7% of the researchers in
the countryside, while the percentage of the researchers who are totally dependent on Formula milk in
breastfeeding their children is 45% urban compared to 33.3% of rural respondents |
