Identification of plant agricultural production problems to sugar beet area farmers, Al-Amriya district, Alexandria governorate, Egypt | ||
| Archives of Agriculture Sciences Journal | ||
| Article 1, Volume 1, Issue 1, April 2018, Pages 1-10 PDF (413.11 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/aasj.2018.23563 | ||
| Author | ||
| A. A.B. Houssein* | ||
| Agricultural Extension Programs Research Department, Agricultural Extension & Rural Development Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The main aim of this research was to identify some of the social, economic and communication characteristics of the investigated farmers, as well as to identify the most important problems faced by the farmers concerned in the agricultural production in the sugar beet area, with relative importance. The data were collected using a questionnaire from a random sample of 200 respondents from the sugar beet area in Alexandria. The percentage, standard deviation, mean and weighted weights were used to analyze the data and display the results. The results indicated that: The majority of farmers interviewed by 67% were ignorant, read and write, fluent in reading and writing, has a primary certificate, and holds a preparatory certificate. More than third of the surveyed farmers have a storage capacity of 1-5 acre to 36%. More than 60% of the farmers interviewed received possession capacity through purchase from others. 95% of the respondents mentioned that the low level of irrigation water and the diversion of its rotation with increasing salinity of water is one of the most important problems facing the agricultural production of vegetables with a weighted weight 950, followed by the problem of scarcity of good seeds, fertilizers and pesticides. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Plant agricultural production problems; sugar beet area farmers problems; agricultural problems in Alexandria governorate; new land problems | ||
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