أثر تبني الممارسات الزراعية الجيدة على زيادة ربحية المحاصيل ذات القيمة المضافة في منطقة غور الأردن
Date
2019-09-14
Authors
سناء محمد بدر أبو عياش
Sanaa Mohammad Bader Abu Ayash
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جامعة القدس
Abstract
Good agricultural practices (GAP) are one of the distinctive agricultural methods that ensure food safety and provide the necessary protection for the environment and agriculture workers. This study aimed to contribute in building the knowledge framework of the relationship between farmers’ application of good practices and their impact on the profitability of value-added crops. It also tried to identify the degree of farmers' application of all areas of good agriculture practices, including: (adoption good agricultural practices, efficiency of GAP, farmers' awareness of GAP, the role of agricultural extension in adopting GAP and knowing the cost of input prices.) Additionally, this study aimed to identify the application’s impact of GAP on increasing the profitability of value-added crops in the Jordan Valley, including: (cluster tomatoes, colored peppers) in terms of the socio-economic characteristics of farmers applying the system of GAP and the efficiency of the implementation of the Global GAP system. Furthermore, to recognize the role of agricultural extension in raising farmers 'awareness of adopting the system of GAP methodology and the extent of farmers' awareness of the efficiency of applying the system of GAP and the knowledge of production inputs.
The descriptive relational approach was adopted due to its relevance to the purposes of this study. The study population consisted of all farmers (283) of the Jordan Valley area in 2018/2019, who are greenhouse farmers applying the Global GAP system and who do not have the ratified certificate for value added crops, such as: (cluster tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, colored peppers) The study sample numbered (56) farmers, and was selected by regular random sampling.
To collect the data, the researcher used a questionnaire tool that has a high degree of reliability and consistency. Relative iterations, arithmetic averages, central tendencies, Pearson Correlation tests, and one way analysis of variance were all used