A STUDY OF AGRCUl TURAl EXTENSION WORK PRIORITIES IN THE FIELD OF TOMATO CROP lOSS MINIMIZING AT SOME VillAGES IN BELQAS DISTRICT, DAKAHLIA GOVERNORATE. | ||
| Journal of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences | ||
| Article 7, Volume 31, Issue 6, June 2006, Pages 3671-3691 PDF (5.49 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jaess.2006.156988 | ||
| Author | ||
| M. A.M. Abd EL-Magieed | ||
| Agricultural Extension and Rural Society Dept., Facl1lty of Agriculture, University of Mansoura. ..' • | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The current study aimed mainly to: 1- Identify some indicators of the current situation of tomato production in A. R. E. 2- Identify some personal, social and communicational characteristics of tomato sample farmers. 3- Identify the current situation cf sample farmers' application of recommended practices in the field of producing and marketing tomato crop. <:- Identify the tomato crop loss quantity and its relation to sample farmers' application of recommended practices in the field of producing and marketing tomato crop. 5- Identify the main causes of tomato crop loss from sample farmers' point of view. 6- Determining agricultural extension work priorities in the field of minimizing tomato crop loss. The study was carried out at 8elc;as District in Dakahlia Governorate. Three villages were selected from that district. These villages are EL-Kardowd, AL-Smaar and AL-Ghanamah. Data were collecte:d by using personal interview questionnaire from a random sample amounted to 80 of tomato fatmers during the period from M<!rch to May 2005. Frequencies, Percentages, Arithmetic Mean, t-test, F-test and Multiple Regression Analysis were used to analyze data statistically. The study reached a number of important findings. These findihgs indicated that the majority of tomato sample farmers did not apply the recommended practices in the field of producing and marketing tomato crop, except date of cultivating nursery and permanent land and Sulfur fertilization quantity. Also, the findings revealed 96.3% of sample farmers did not harvest the crop in the proper stage and 76.3% of them did not follow the proper method fer harvesting, on the other hand the vast majority of them used the proper packing type for harvesting. The study revealed also that 81.3% of sample farmers carrying out sorting process as recommended, on the other hand majority of them did no apply the recommended grading, packing and transportation practices. Moreover, the study results indicated the increasing of pre-harvest loss (16.0 tons) compared with post-harvest loss (1":: tons) and harvest loss (0.9 ton). The results indicated also that the total loss average was 18.4 tons. Furthermore, the study indicated that tomato crop loss was decreased by farmers' application of the recommended practices in the field of tomato crop production and marketing. Finally, the extension work priorities were identified by working in pre-harvest stage followed by post-harvest stage and harvest stage despite that the extension work is necessary in the three stages as a whole. | ||
|
Statistics Article View: 105 PDF Download: 328 |
||
