WOMAN CONTRIBUTION IN PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF TOMATOES CROP IN NEW RECLAIMED LAND AT NUBARIA AND HER NEED FOR SPCIALIZED EXTENTION ACTIVITIES | ||
| Journal of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences | ||
| Article 1, Volume 27, Issue 11, November 2002, Pages 7417-7431 PDF (14.61 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jaess.2002.257105 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Aziza A. Elsayed,1; Amal E. EI Assal1; Nabila A. M. Hendi2 | ||
| 1Agric. Extension & Rural Development Research Institute, A,R.C . | ||
| 2Desert Research Center | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The aim of this study is: Identification of woman's contribution in production, and marketing of tomatoes crop in terms of actual days of woman's work in ratio to total family and paid work and for each practice and identification of this ratio between the two catogories of: graduates wives and beneficiaries wives, identification of the relationship of women's cntribution of family work and some independent variables, identification of the main problems facing them in production, marketing, preservation of tomatoes, and how to solve these problems according to their point of views, identification of the woman's need for specialized extension activities according to ratio of their contribution of farm practices and their perception for the problems facing them. The study was conducted in six villages of Nubaria: AI- Ola , and AI lohor for graduates villages and first village, fifth village, and seventh village of the beneficiaries, as it has been found the largest cultivated aria of tomatoes. A random sample of 150 respondents was drawn, they represent 10% of tomatoes farmers wives in the six villages, 50 graduates wives and 100 benificiaries wives was interviwed using questionnaire, Ratio percent, Spearman Rank Difference Correlation, and Pearson Correlation, and (l) test were used for analysis of data. The most important results of this study can be summarized as follows: 1- The ratio of women's contribution in family work was 8, 2% over the two categories; 10,3% for graduates wives, and 7,9% for benificieries wives, but the ratio of women's contribution in paid work was 4,66 % over the two categories; 4,77% in the graduates farms, but 4,6 % in the benefiCiaries farms. 2- The results showed significant differences between the two categories at 0.01 level of significant and 148 degrees of freedom. Distributing women's days of work over the farm practices of tomatoes to the total family work it has been found that graduates wives contribution was at it's maximum ratio in weeding of nursery bed was 65,6% and 53,1 % for insect- controLThis for 40% of the graduates wives who cultivated their nursery bed but most of them (60%) have bought plants out of their ., farm. In the permanent field the greatest ratio in growing was 22,4% and was 15,6 % for harvesting and 9,0% for preperation peranent field. - Beneficiaries wives contribution in family work was 44,9% in fertilizing of nursery bed, 20,7% in lifting plants and 18,6% for land preparation, growing and weeding of 5,6% for insect- control. But in the permanent field the greatest ratio of their contribution was 19,4% in harvesting, 18,9% in growing and planting, and was 12,9% in fertilizing and 6,7% in insect-control. 3- Results also indicated that the ratio of women's contribution in family work was significantly related with land holding size, size of land cultivated with tomatoes , and house holding machines, but not significantly related with the age of husband, number of years after marriage, and animal holding size. 4- The main problems facing womem were: preservation of the surplus and manufacturing tomatoes, shortage of funds to set up a small factory. and they also need training. 5- Findings of the research indicated the following extension needs and social activities of women in Nubaria regarding tomatoes production in priority order harvesting, insecticides, planting, growing and fertilizing. There is also extension needs in preservation and tomatoes processing, according the suggestions of the respondents aught to be from 9-12 a.m, and to be in a public places such as : social clubs, schools, or cooperatives. The study came out to conclusion that there is a substantial need of extension program to improve women's practice in the production, marketing , and preservation of tomatoes. | ||
|
Statistics Article View: 49 PDF Download: 223 |
||
