Farmers' knowledge level and related variables towards olive production and marketing recommendations in Matrouh Governorate, Egypt
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The olive farmers' knowledge relative to production and marketing recommendations in Matrouh Governorate was identified from 260 respondents during October to December 2019. The results showed that 51.5 % of the farmers had a low level of knowledge related to the production and marketing recommendations for olive crop. farmer's knowledge degree was significantly associated (P<0.01) with all the studied independent variables. It was also found that the decline in extension services and performance, exploitation and greed of middlemen and merchants, the high cost of establishing irrigation networks, and the absence of agricultural marketing extension revealed the most important constraints affecting production and marketing practices for olive culture in the region. Therefore, it was recommended that training programs and extension services should be implemented to farmers that could contribute towards increasing olive productivity and marketing in Matrouh government, Egypt.
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