Challenges Facing Small Milk Producers in Two Villages in Beni-Suef Governorate | ||
| مجلة الجمعية العلمية للإرشاد الزراعي | ||
| Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 02 December 2023 PDF (388.76 K) | ||
| Document Type: بحوث علمية | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/mgiz.2023.238217.1019 | ||
| Author | ||
| Radwa Maher. Ata* | ||
| Faculty of Agriculture - Cairo University - Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Small Milk Producers SMPs in Egypt are currently suffering from the absence of public Extension and Advisory Services EASs due to the ever-decreasing numbers of Village Extension Workers VEWs and ever-declining Governmental funding. New arrangements need to be initiated for effective provision of these services. Contract-based agreements, involving different stake holders, represent an appropriate platform for linking SMPs with local market through providing them with their needed and demanded EASs. This study aimed to investigate the challenges facing a platform established for linking SMPs with markets in two villages in Beni- Suef Governorate. The study was conducted in Halabiya and Ghafar in Beni- Suef Governorate, A questionnaire, through personal interviews, was used for collecting data from all the SMPs who signed a contract with two NGOs, within a platform established for providing SMPs with needed knowledge and skills for improving the quantity and quality of their production (26 females and 81 males). In addition to the SMPs, this platform included a private milk marketing company, dairy production experts from the public and private sectors. Frequencies and percentages were used for data presentation and analysis. Results revealed several financial, marketing and production challenges that face the platform. The respondents' suggested recommendations to face these challenges include: increasing prices of SMPs’ products; securing timely provision of subsidized inputs, enhancing all partners' accountability, attracting more milk processing companies to join the platform; and providing SMPs with quotas of production inputs on credit through their NGOs. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Extension and Advisory Services; Small Milk Producers; Beni-Suef | ||
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