Production and marketing problems facing olive farmers in North Sinai Governorate, Egypt

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 2 Characteristics of participating farmers and their farms

Characteristics		No. farmers	Percentage %	Mean	Std.
Age	Young (< 38 years)	28	28
	Middle (38 to 50 years)	47	47	44.5	9.5
	Old (> 50 years)	25	25
	Illiterate	22	22
Education	Primary education	8	8
	Intermediate	51	51
	University	19	19
Farm work time	Full-time	13	13
Farm work time	Part-time	87	87
Agricultural area planted with olives	Less than feddan	30	30	1.7	1.3
	feddan—less than 2 feddan	26	26
	2 feddan and more	44	44
Average productivity	Less than a ton	4	4
	Ton—less than 2 tons	44	44	1.94	0.4
	2 tons and more	52	52
Farm experience in olive cultivation (years)	Less than 16 years old	52	52
	16—less than 27 years	29	29	17.6	8.8
	27 years and over	19	19
Organizational participation	Low participation (less than 6 degrees)	76	76
	Medium participation (6–10 degrees)	21	21	3.4	2.2
	High participation (more than 10 degrees	3	3
Altitude towards agricultural extension	Negative (less than 17 degree)	33	33
	A neutral (17—less than 24 degree)	30	30	20	6.4
	Positive (24 degree and more)	37	37