An economic study of the production and marketing risks of the potato crop in Egypt | ||
| Al-Azhar Journal of Agricultural Research | ||
| Article 27, Volume 47, Issue 2, December 2022, Pages 314-326 PDF (726.58 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ajar.2022.277868 | ||
| Author | ||
| M. H. Gamal Eldeen* | ||
| Economic Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Cairo,Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The research problem was that the production and marketing of agricultural crops in under risk and uncertainty. The research aimed to estimate the production and marketing risk of the potato crop, by studying the production and marketing problems facing potato farmers, and estimating the impact of changes in temperature as one of the most important climatic changes on the productivity of the potato crop. With regard to production problems, it was found that the problem of the spread of diseases and pests came in the first place among the rest of the production problems, as its relative importance reached about 94%, then the problem of high seed prices came in the second place in terms of the extent of the spread of this problem among farmers, reaching its relative importance is about 78%, and in the third place is the problem of the lack of fertilizer courses spent per acre, where its relative importance is about 71%, with regard to marketing problems, it was found that the problem of thigh marketing margins came in the first place among the rest of the other marketing problems, where its relative importance reached about 92%, then the problem of increasing the number of intermediaries came in the second place in terms of the extent of the spread of this problem when marketing the crop, its relative importance was about 83%. Recommends: Necessity of adoption certain strategies to face risks and overcome their effects. Interest in cooperative marketing that there is an effective role for agricultural cooperative societies in promoting crops through aggregation in large quantities. Adequate attention to the export of vegetables under study and the adoption of production policies for export to improve the income of farms. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Risk; Uncertainty; Production risk; Marketing risk; Climate change | ||
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