Planning an Extension Program to Develop Farmers’ Knowledge of Marketing Operations in Tomato Crop at El-Beherah Governorate
A. N. ELsharkawy, M., Abdel galil, A., A. Nawara, M., Y. El-Etrby, N. (2023). Planning an Extension Program to Develop Farmers’ Knowledge of Marketing Operations in Tomato Crop at El-Beherah Governorate. EKB Journal Management System, 44(4), 1189-1212. doi: 10.21608/asejaiqjsae.2023.333862
Moemen A. N. ELsharkawy; Ahmed Mamdouh Abdel galil; Mohamed A. Nawara; Naser Y. El-Etrby. "Planning an Extension Program to Develop Farmers’ Knowledge of Marketing Operations in Tomato Crop at El-Beherah Governorate". EKB Journal Management System, 44, 4, 2023, 1189-1212. doi: 10.21608/asejaiqjsae.2023.333862
A. N. ELsharkawy, M., Abdel galil, A., A. Nawara, M., Y. El-Etrby, N. (2023). 'Planning an Extension Program to Develop Farmers’ Knowledge of Marketing Operations in Tomato Crop at El-Beherah Governorate', EKB Journal Management System, 44(4), pp. 1189-1212. doi: 10.21608/asejaiqjsae.2023.333862
A. N. ELsharkawy, M., Abdel galil, A., A. Nawara, M., Y. El-Etrby, N. Planning an Extension Program to Develop Farmers’ Knowledge of Marketing Operations in Tomato Crop at El-Beherah Governorate. EKB Journal Management System, 2023; 44(4): 1189-1212. doi: 10.21608/asejaiqjsae.2023.333862

Planning an Extension Program to Develop Farmers’ Knowledge of Marketing Operations in Tomato Crop at El-Beherah Governorate

Alexandria Science Exchange Journal
Article 46, Volume 44, Issue 4, December 2023, Page 1189-1212  XML PDF (507.58 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/asejaiqjsae.2023.333862
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Authors
Moemen A. N. ELsharkawy* 1; Ahmed Mamdouh Abdel galil email 2; Mohamed A. Nawara* 2; Naser Y. El-Etrby* 1
1Extension Programs Research Department - Agricultural Extension and Rural Development Research Institute - Agriculture Research Center.
2Agricultural Extension and Rural Development Research Institute - Agricultural Research Center
Abstract
This research aims to planning an extension program to develop farmer’s knowledge of marketing operations in tomato crop by identifying the current situation of the respondents in relation to some of their distinctive characteristics, their levels of knowledge of marketing operations in tomato crop, to identify problems which facing respondents in marketing tomato crop and finally to suggest a work plan for an extension program to develop farmer’s knowledge of marketing operations in tomato crop in the research area based on the results of the research.
This research was conducted at El- Beherah Governorate, Abo-Homs District was chosen randomly among governorate’s districts and the same way the villages of Gawad Hosny, Deer Ams and ELsawy Shokr were chosen. A systematic random sample of 248 respondents was taken, Percentages, frequencies, arithmetic mean, standard division were used to the data analyses and interpret the results. The most important results of this research were:
- 95.5% of respondents had moderate and low knowledge level of marketing operations in tomato crop.
- The most important problems facing respondents in marketing tomato crop were: lack of export companies in the area, instability of selling price of the crop and weak competition and monopoly of some traders to buy and pricing tomato crop.
- The research suggests an extension program to develop farmer’s knowledge of marketing operations in tomato crop.
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