Strawberry cultivation and its impact on the Palestinian agriculture sector : empirical study for strawberry farming in Gaza Strip

العناوين الأخرى

زراعة الفراولة و أثرها على القطاع الزراعي الفلسطيني : دراسة تطبيقية على مزارع الفراولة في قطاع غزة

مقدم أطروحة جامعية

al-Shatali, Muhammad Abd al-Qadir Abd al-Qadir

مشرف أطروحة جامعية

Abu Shaban, Ahmad Anwar
al-Nimruti, Khalil Ahmad Yusuf

أعضاء اللجنة

Tabil, Khalil Mahmud
Miqdad, Muhammad Ibrahim Husayn

الجامعة

الجامعة الإسلامية

الكلية

كلية التجارة

القسم الأكاديمي

اقتصاديات التنمية

دولة الجامعة

فلسطين (قطاع غزة)

الدرجة العلمية

ماجستير

تاريخ الدرجة العلمية

2015

الملخص الإنجليزي

The study (entitled Strawberry Cultivation and its impact on the Palestinian agriculture sector “Empirical study for Strawberry Farming in the Gaza Strip”) aimed to describe the strawberry cultivation and its impact on the Palestinian agricultural sector.

It also aimed to describe the strawberry cultivation system at micro and macro scales, and to investigate its impact on the livelihood of Palestinian farming families in addition to that water resources availability at macro scale.

Moreover, the aim of this study is to facilitate planners with clear view in order to design national cropping strategies that consider both macro and micro scales.

The study involved analysis at macro and micro scales using many of socioeconomic research methodologies (descriptive and quantitative analysis).

A structured questionnaire was used to reflect farming family production system and livelihood, which have been collected randomly from 289 out of the 600 representing 48.1% of total population of strawberry farmers located and active in Bait Lahia during the season 2012-2013.

The study found that North Gaza is the only productive area of strawberry cultivation, and most of strawberry farmers depend on their family members in this process, which contributes to find new job opportunities.

Strawberry cultivation is a significant source to improve the living standards of strawberry farmers in the Gaza Strip.

Strawberry farmers are mix cropping farmers using the same available limited resources.

Strawberry farmers have better living standards compared to other farmers because of the high return that came from strawberry cultivation (Mix cropping).

Agriculture water resources are controlled and owned by strawberry farmers.

Also siege is the main reason which negatively affected strawberry cultivation The study recommends increasing the interest of strawberry cultivation as main source of income generation and decreasing the unemployment rate, despite the high cost of water consumption, the marginal return of strawberry cultivation is higher.

The study recommend that strawberry cultivation in order to have more profitable, reasonable and more efficient of water used.

Strawberry farmers should cultivate with other crops (mix cropping).

Water resources should be returned under the control of the Ministry of Agriculture and Palestinian Water Authority, and farmers should pay for water consumption.

التخصصات الرئيسية

الاقتصاد و التجارة

عدد الصفحات

111

قائمة المحتويات

• APA
• MLA
• AMA

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

نوع البيانات

رسائل جامعية

رقم السجل

BIM-723757