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

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 3 Production problems facing olive farmers

Problems		%
1	High price of fertilizers	64
2	High salinity of irrigation water	52
3	Poor level of extension services	48
4	High cost of irrigation through wells	47
5	Difficulty owning land	46
6	Lack of agricultural mechanization	39
7	Lack of know-how in various production processes	38
8	Rising prices of pesticides	38
9	Rising soil salinity	35
10	Lack of trained technical workers	31
11	High cost of maintenance of irrigation networks	28
12	High prices of suitable olive seedlings	27
13	Lack of irrigation network requirements	27
14	The spread of some pests and diseases	27
15	Lake of government services to farmers	25
16	Non-leveling of soil	24
17	Irregularity and insufficient rainfall	22
18	Lack of suitable varieties and seedlings	12
19	The harmful effect of floods	8