The impact of farmers’ personal characteristics and the size of agricultural holdings on the adoption of contract farming in Lattakia
Abstract
The research aimed to study the effect of some personal characteristics of the farmer, such as the educational level and agricultural experience, in addition to the size of the agricultural holding, on the adoption of contract farming in Latakia Governorate. To achieve the objectives of the research, a sample of 400 farmers who work according to the contract system in Latakia Governorate was taken, and three areas were chosen. As follows (Latakia region - Jableh region - Al-Haffa region), and from each region two villages were chosen, in addition to Al-Hal Market.
The research adopted the descriptive approach, with the aim of describing the studied variables and shedding light on their various aspects in order to understand them and determine their causes using frequency tables and percentages. The standard quantitative approach was also used using indicators and tests such as the reliability coefficient (Cronbach's Alpha) as a Likert scale and the Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) test to test the research hypotheses. .
The results of the research showed that most farmers contract equally, a small percentage of them contract with a rent or wage system, and others contract with the entire land.
The results also indicated that the problems of debt and the unfairness of contracting parties in distribution are among the most important problems facing contracted farmers, in addition to manipulating quotas so that the entire production is not purchased.
The results of testing the research hypotheses showed that there was a statistically significant positive effect of farmer experience, educational level, and size of agricultural holding (sig<0.05) on the adoption of contract farming.
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