Determinants of Strawberry Production in Beheira Governorate and Post-Harvest Treatments according to International Quality Standards

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1 Department of Economics and Agribusiness, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University

2 Department of Economics and Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Faculty of Agriculture, Damanhour University

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The research aims to study the most important factors affecting the production of Egyptian strawberries and post-harvest treatments according to international quality standards to reach the level sought by the foreign importer to meet the needs and taste of the foreign consumer. Through a comparative study between strawberry production farms in the case of the application and non-application of quality standards, through a random research sample of strawberry farmers in the province of Beheira during the agricultural season 2018-2019, it was found that the functions of fruit production and canned strawberry production of farms that follow the quality standards in the second phase of the stages Production in the economic stage, while the functions of fruit production and canned production of strawberries from farms that do not follow the quality standards in the first stage of production.The results also showed a decrease in the production costs per feddan of strawberry crop in the case of applying quality standards than in the case of non-application of production quality standards by about LE 2.09 thousand per feddan. Pesticides in the strawberry crop after harvest, which may expose him to reject messages addressed to export, a problem experienced by about 51% of the farmers of the sample of the study, which is attributed to the tendency of many farmers to local marketing of strawberries through factories where they are settled About 33.4% of the quantity produced to factories, while only 13.61% is marketed externally through export to avoid rejection of messages and also poor decision making coding as well as product quality problems improper packaging and inappropriate packaging as well as the difficulty of disposal of waste, which makes the process of local marketing better for the product It is less risky if it rejects its export message, as well as if it is unable to overcome the problem of price instability

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