Perception Farmer's Technical Recommendations for the Production and Marketing of the Crop Marjoram in Minia Governorate | ||
| Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences | ||
| Article 22, Volume 47, Issue 5, October 2016, Pages 325-343 PDF (461.75 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ajas.2016.2251 | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The research was to determine the level of awareness of Agriculture respondents technical recommendations for the production and marketing of crop marjoram, as well as determine the correlation between the level of awareness of farmers respondents technical recommendations for the production and marketing of crop Marjoram and between the independent variables, and to identify the sources of information farmers respondents technical recommendations for the production and marketing of crop marjoram, as well as to identify on the most important problems of production and marketing of the crop. To determine the sample was used equivalent Krejicie and Morgan, and the application of the equation on a comprehensive search which 220 farmers found that the required sample size is 140 farmers by 63.6% of the total comprehensive search Distributors according to the proportions of their presence in the villages selected search as follows: 100 farmers from the village of Abad Sharonh Maghagha locality, 40 a farmer from the village of Kafr El Sheikh Ibrahim locality Bani Mazar, randomly selected from the reality of regular payroll limit cultivation Marjoram 2015 agricultural associations in selected villages. The data of this research through personal interview with respondents from growers harvest marjoram by questionnaire and already prepared to collect, and review and then become valid for data collection and achieve the objectives of research where data were collected during the month of January 2016, data were analyzed using a simple Pearson correlation coefficient and a factor of Spearmen rank correlation, and the arithmetic mean, standard deviation, in addition to the tabular presentation loops and percentages in the presentation of results. The main search results: 1-There are variance in the perception of Agriculture respondents, technical recommendations for the production and marketing of crop Marjoram Minia governorate levels where it was found that 11.4% have a level of awareness is weak, while 48.6% have a perception the average level, while 40% have to Perception high recommendation level art for the production and marketing of crop Marjoram Minia governorate. 2- There are a significant Correlative relationship between the perception of Agriculture Technical recommendations for the production and marketing of marjoram crop, and the average production per acre variable, and total agricultural holding, and the total acquisition cultivated of marjoram, educational level, and the cost of production per acre, and leadership level, and were significant relationship is negative with a variable number of years' Experience. 3-One of the main sources of information used by growers harvest marjoram asking for the production and marketing information on a permanent basis are: parents and neighbors said that the proportion of 30%, Shops agricultural inputs trade acknowledged that 23.6% of respondents ratio, associations of Community development reported that ratio of 21.4%, agricultural society, where in between the proportion of 10.7%, agricultural counselor where he said that 5.7% of respondents ratio. 4-One of the major production and marketing problems crop Marjoram not biocides availability and high prices mentioned by 68.6 percent, the spread of insect pests and the higher incidence of disease in the crop Marjoram acknowledged that 58.6 percent, rising chemical fertilizer prices and lack of availability often cited so the proportion of 57.1%, with respect to marketing problems crop Marjoram Vtmthelt in: the suffering of farmers in the collection of the price of sale of the crop as mentioned by 85%, the monopoly of the big traders and their interference in challenging the price of the crop acknowledged that the proportion of 80%, reduced export opportunities for crop Marjoram recently where he explained that 78.5% ratio. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Technical Recommendations; Al-Bardakosh; production; marketing; Minia governorate; Recognition of farmers | ||
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