Examining Barriers and Problems of Greenhouse Vegetables Production in the South of Kerman Province

Saei, Mahdiyeh

doi:10.22034/iuvs.2019.36549

Examining Barriers and Problems of Greenhouse Vegetables Production in the South of Kerman Province

Document Type : Original Article

Author

mahdiyeh saei

Assistant Professor, Department of Economic, Social and Extension Research, Kerman Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Kerman, Iran

10.22034/iuvs.2019.36549

Abstract

In recent years, the production of greenhouse vegetables in Iran, has grown steadily due to water resources constraints. Among all the provinces of Iran, south of Kerman province, has been assigned the second place of cultivation area and production of greenhouse vegetables. Considering this importance, it has been tried to study the current status of greenhouse vegetables (cucumber and tomato) as well as problems of the producers in this area, in the present study. The research was based on descriptive and survey method. The statistical population was 1629 greenhouse vegetables producers with a license started during 2016-17 among which 88 producers were selected using Cochran formula and stratified cluster sampling method. The evaluation tool was a questionnaire that its validity was confirmed by a panel of experts and its reliability for different parts of the questionnaire was obtained between 0.63 to 0.89 using Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Garrett ranking technique was used to achieve the research objectives. The descriptive results of the study showed that, price fluctuations, lack of proper sales market and intermediation, respectively were the most important problems and barriers in the south of Kerman province. Therefore, in order to promote the production of these vegetables, it is suggested to address the marketing problems and lack of financial resources of the producers, instead of emphasizing on the technical aspects of production.

Keywords

Barriers

Problems

Garrett ranking technique

Greenhouse vegetables

Producers

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