The research aimed primarily to determine The knowledge level of olive
respondent farmers regarding the technical recommendations of cultivation and
production olive crop in new lands in Ismailia governorate, and the sources of
information that farmers respondents about those recommendations, as determining
problems facing farmers when cultivation and production the crop research area.
The research was carried out during the period September 2014. A sample
encompassed 320 farmers were selected. The sample was drawn from three villages
related to three administrative districts: AL-Fardan village - Ismailia District number
58 farmers, Almniv Al ghrbia village - Abu Sawyer District number 150 farmers, and
AL- taqadom village - Qantara Shark District number 112 farmers. randomly selected
from the regular and taken into account in the selection of centers and villages that are
based on the largest cultivated area, as well as the number of growers.
A prewritten questionnaire and interpersonal interviews were used in
collecting the research data. Frequency tables and percentages were used the obtained
research data to present.
the main important findings of the research were as the following:
- With respect to the level of knowledge of the respondents Technical
recommendations for cultivation and production of olive crop in new land at
Ismailia governorate 12,2% of the participant farmers were found to be of high
awareness level , about 71,6% with medium awareness level , and about 16,2%
with low awareness level.
- Information sources important: The research Olive farmers information sources
Could be arranged as follows: friends, neighbors, extensionist, and fertilizer
pesticide dealers percentages: 83.1%, 71.9%, and 48.1 %. Of the total number of
respondents.
- The most problems facing the olive farmers Could be arranged as follows: lack of
trained agricultural man power, lack and high prices of desired Olive transplants,
lack and high prices of fertilizers, and lack agricultural pesticides, lack and high
prices of agricultural machines percentages: 81.3%, 79.1% 74.7%, 63.1% and
50.3%. respectively of the total sample size of 320 respondents.