This study aims mainly at identifying some motives and constraints of wheat cultivation. The study was conducted in four villages in Behera governorate which are Kom El Berka and Kafr El Dawar villages in Kafr El Dawar district and El Garradat and El Gorn villages in Abo Hommos district, 50 respondents from each village were chosen randomly so that the total sample is 200 respondents. Data were collected by a questionnaire through personal interview. Variety of statistical techniques was applied in data analysis and hypotheses testing.
Major findings of the study can be summarized as follows:
1-The results showed that the most important motives for cultivating wheat are: satisfying the family needs for bread (97%), storing the annual family needs of wheat (85%), supplying animal feed (80.5%), achieving self sufficiency of the country (53%), reducing imports (36%), the results also showed that only 23.5% of the respondents have high motivation for cultivating wheat, while 77% have low and medium motivation.
2-The results showed that there is a significant effect of the educational level and the rational price from the respondent's point of view and his approval on the obligation of cultivating wheat on the degree of motivation of the respondent towards cultivating wheat, and they all represent 0.29 of its variation.
3-The results showed that there is a significant effect of the household size and the family type on the degree of motivation of the respondent towards cultivating wheat, and they all represent 0.16 of its variation.
4-The results revealed that the variables of the agricultural property size and the number of problems that face wheat farmers have a significant effect on the degree of motivation of the respondent towards cultivating wheat, and they all represent 0.32 of its variation.
5-Concerning problems and obstacles facing wheat farmers, the results showed that the most important of these problems are the rise in prices of fertilizers and insecticides (95%), lack of improved seeds and its high prices (50%), the high cost of labor (37%), and the high rental value per feddan (31%).