A COMPARATIVE STUDY FOR FARMERS' PERCEPTION ABOUT PRODUCTION AND MARKETING PROBLEMS FOR SOME MEDICINAL PLANTS AND AROMATIC SEEDS IN BENI SUEF GOVERNORATE

Abstract: The study aimed at determining differences among farmers' perception scores of chamomile and coriandrum about problems related to: human resources. Financing and investment, marketing, high costs of production, water, technological and biological aspects and extension. Beside determining relationship between each of chamomile and coriandrum farmers' perception about their production and marketing problems and each of the studied independent variables.
The study carried out in Beni Suef governorate where the largest three districts in areas cultivated with chamomile product representing medicinal plants, so a village was chosen randomly from each district, 75 farmers were chosen randomly equal 18.20% from chamomile farmers in these districts, in the same technique 75 farmers of Coriandrum representing Aromatic Seeds cultivated in the studied governorate equal to 34.56% of total Coriandrum farmers.
Personal interview questionnaire was utilized to collect data from the interviewees, Frequencies tables, percentages, averages, standard divination, "t" test and person simple correlation coefficient as statistical tools were utilized for and analysis of data.
The study revealed the following most important results;
1- There is significant differences between scors perception of Chamomile and Coriandrum interviewed farmers about problems related to human resources, financing and investment, marketing, high cost of production, water, technological and biological aspects and extension.
2- There is significant relationship between Chamomile farmers' score of perception about human resources, financing and investment, marketing, technological and biological aspects and extension problems only with the majority of studied independent variables expect the variable of years of education. As to scors of perception of Coriandrum farmers for all prementioned problems have a positive significant relationship with most of the studied independent variables.
Publication year 2001
Organization Name
City العريش
serial title المؤتمر العلمى الثانى " مستقبل التنمية الزراعية والمجتمعية على ترعة السلام "
Author(s) from ARC
Agris Categories Extension
Proposed Agrovoc النباتات الطبية;
Publication Type Conference/Workshop
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