A STUDY OF SOME BEDWIN WOMEN ACTIVITIES IN MARKTING THEIR LOCAL PRODUCTS IN THE NORTHWEST COAST | ||||
| Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development | ||||
| Article 19, Volume 24, Issue 2, July 2010, Page 22-32 PDF (389.61 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Research articles. | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/fjard.2010.195695 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Ashoura Hussien Mohmmed Morsy; Mostafa Lotfy Abdul-Aziz Mohammed | ||||
| Department of Rural Sociology –Division of Economic and Social Studies- Desert Research Center – Cairo | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The research was conducted to recognize the kinds of local products that women are marketing, markets to the local products, to find out the activities that women undertake to marketing their local products and marketing-related problems. The study was carried out at the Northwest coast region, Matruh Governorate. Two villages, Alshamama and Awlad AlAmeed, in Al Hamam District were selected to do the study. Data were collected using questionnaire forms that were prepared and tested primarily through interviews for both villages. AlShamama village comprised 50 individuals where as Awlad AlAmeed village had 70 ones totaling 120 individuals. Data were statistically analyzed using the (%) percentage and frequencies. The study concluded the following results: Vegetables ranked first with 64.2% in marketing, followed by poultry with 57.5% then handcrafts and broidery with 37.5% and dairy products with 34.2%, where as sheep and goats were of 29.2% followed by fruit of 21.6%, eggs with 17.0% and feeders that came last with 13.3% . Results revealed 7 places where the study sample individuals market their products namely, village market, commissioners, center market, wholesalers then local fairs and in house selling. Results also showed that bedwin women do 10 activities to market their local products, for most among which were product, transport with 83.33 % followed by gathering information on the product with 69.17%, then presenting the product with 65.83% connecting to the merchant or the commissioner with 62.5% and purchasing the raw material for local industry with 33.3% . | ||||
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