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The aim of this research was primarily to analyze the impact of the financing role played by the Agricultural Bank of Egypt in financing Egyptian agricultural development projects. Based on published and unpublished secondary data issued by the Agricultural Bank of Egypt and the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics during the time period (2011/2012-2020/2021). The descriptive and quantitative analytical method was used by calculating arithmetic averages, relative coefficient of variation, relative importance, and growth rate. One of the most important results of the research was: an increase in the relative importance of short-term investment loans (52.9%) compared to medium-term investment loans (43.1%), with a very low relative importance of long-term investment loans (4.1% of the total investment loans granted by Bank for the agricultural sector). The distribution of investment loans is focused on developing some activities (livestock projects and agriculturerelated businesses) rather than others, which leads to an imbalance in growth rates and the occurrence of unbalanced economic development that may lead to negative effects on the national economy in the long term, despite the importance of mechanization projects. Agriculture, land reclamation, and poultry and fish production did not receive much attention, and this reflects a clear imbalance in the structure of agricultural credit as a result of an imbalance in the distribution of agricultural loans, as the Agricultural Bank of Egypt (which is an agricultural bank according to the philosophy of its establishment in accordance with Law No. 17 of 1976) was supposed to contribute a greater role. In such vital areas due to their importance to the state's economic and social development programs. The majority of plant production loans provided by the bank were directed mainly in cash, with a very low percentage of in-kind loans, with loans for the purposes of obtaining chemical fertilizers occupying the largest proportion of in-kind loans granted to finance plant production during the study period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Agricultural Bank of Egypt is one of the most important development institutions for agricultural activity in Egypt. The study aims to identify the role of the Egyptian Agricultural Bank in Sharkia Governorate by extrapolating the opinions of all interested and dealing with the bank at different levels, and raising the level of efficiency of the bank’s branches performance. On the SWOT ANALYSIS matrix, and on a main source of primary data through a field study where a questionnaire form was designed that included points (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats), and the results of the internal strategic factors matrix indicate that the average of the total strengths (1.43) is much less Of the weaknesses (2.15) with a large difference of (0.72), which means that despite the advantages enjoyed by the branches of the Agricultural Bank, they suffer from problems that affect Negatively on these advantages, which affects their performance, and therefore work must be done to address these obstacles in the coming period, and the average number of weighted total points reached (3.58), and since the total number of weighted points should range between (6), which means “performance Outstanding” for the sector, to (1) which means “weak performance” of the bank, and thus this figure (3.58) reflects the “good performance” of the Agricultural Bank in general for the internal factors, where the strengths can face the weaknesses to a large extent, but the details of the figures Explains the need to support strengths and address deficiencies during the coming period. As for the matrix of external strategic factors, we note that the opportunities points (2.28) are greater than the threats points (1.29) by a difference of (0.99), which means that the bank branches have great opportunities that encourage Increase and efficiency of its performance and remove the threats that affect it in the coming period. The weighted total points reached (3.57). The “good performance” in general reflects the external factors where there are strong opportunities for the Agricultural Bank that can be exploited. And try to avoid the points of threats in Next period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]