An economic study for the Most Important Problems and Obstacles Facing the Green pepper Farmers in Agricultural Greenhouses in Dakahlia Governorate in light of Covid corona virus

Document Type : Original Article

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Researcher- Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AERI)

Abstract

Greenhouse projects, especially those that grow vegetable crops, are considered among the most profitable projects, as these projects lead to bridging the gap between supply and demand of these crops, in addition to increasing farmers’ income, which leads to raising the standard of living of farmers, and providing opportunities Work for young graduates, and those resulting crops can be exported to foreign markets, especially European markets, opening new markets for Egyptian agricultural exports, which leads to an increase in agricultural exports, reducing the deficit in the agricultural balance, and providing hard currency for the state. Despite the importance of greenhouse projects in increasing agricultural production, mitigating the seasonal phenomenon of agricultural production, reducing unemployment, and reducing the gap between supply and demand in agricultural crops resulting from greenhouses, whether in local markets or exporting them to foreign markets. Despite the high return results of growing vegetable crops in greenhouses, where the productivity of one acre of greenhouses increases six times what traditional agriculture produces of those crops, but these projects still suffer from some economic and productivity problems, which leads to poor spread.
The research relied on the descriptive statistical analysis method, the use of Cronbach's alpha coefficient to measure the validity and reliability of the research sample, and the chi-square test to analyze the problems of the research sample. The research was based on primary data, through questionnaires, which were collected from the farmers of the study crops in Dakahlia Governorate, during interviews with farmers. The research also relied on secondary data published on: The website of the Economic Affairs Sector, and some researches, theses, studies, and scientific books related to the topic of research were used.
The research aims at an economic study of the most important problems and obstacles facing Green pepper farmers in greenhouses in Dakahlia Governorate, in light of the Corona virus, through: (1) identifying the most important problems and obstacles facing Green pepper farmers in greenhouses  and study the proposing appropriate solutions to them. (2) Identifying the impact of the Corona virus on the greenhouse project for the Green pepper crop by study sample. (3) Studying the most important factors affecting the Corona virus, on the greenhouse project for the Green pepper crop by study sample. It was found that the most important factors affecting the Corona virus, to the project of planting Green pepper crop in greenhouses in study sample , are the financing problems, marketing problems, as they represent important variables in influencing, the Corona virus on, the project of planting the Green pepper crop in greenhouses, so The researcher recommends paying attention to solving the financing and marketing problems of their impact on the project of cultivating the Green pepper crop in greenhouses, in the research sample in Dakahlia Governorate.

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