KNOWLEDGE OF POTATO GROWERS TO NEW CRITERIA OF EXPORT TO EUROPEAN UNION AND SOCIAL EFFECTS | ||
| Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development | ||
| Article 23, Volume 24, Issue 2, July 2010, Pages 74-85 PDF (347.69 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research articles. | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/fjard.2010.195699 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mohamed Sayed M.1; Samia A. Mahros2; Shaaban El-Sayed M.3 | ||
| 1Agricultural Research Center | ||
| 2Faculty of Agriculture- Ain Shams University | ||
| 3National Research Center | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The study aimed to identify the knowledge level of potato farmer regarding to the export conditions of potatoes to the European Union (EU), to determine the differences between the knowledge degrees of the farmers in the two villages to the study, to identify farmer opinions regarding the social effects of the agricultural part of the Egyptian-European convention on then, and to identify the problems facing farmers since implementation of the Egyptian - European convention. The study was conducted in the village of Sayedna Solomon in Nobariya area as one of the largest areas Pest Free Area (PFA), and village of Talia, Menofia Governorate as one of the largest areas outside the Pest Free Area (PFA). a random sample was chosen of 50 farmers from Sayedna Solomon village and 100 farmers from Talia village. Data were collected through personal interviews with respondents by using pre-tested questionnaires prepared specifically to achieve the study objectives. Frequencies, percentages, mean, and standard deviation, in addition to "t" test were used to present and analysis data study. The most important results of the study were: 1- There were a significant differences at 0.05 level between farmers' level of knowledge in the two studied villages regarding the export condition of potatoes to (EU). 2- There was increase in the negative social effects on small farmers resulting from applying the Egyptian-European convention as the investigated farmers expressed, and the differences between the two studied villages were significant at 0.01 level. 3- There were main problems facing small farmers in the Sayedna Solomon village concerning the market of the crop locally, the lowلexport prices, and the shortage of water for irrigation in summer, while the main problems in Talia village were concerning the lack and the high prices of the inputs, the irrigation problem, and the problem of marketing the crop < br />locally. | ||
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