The Productive Obstacles in the Process of Marketing Agricultural Vegetables in Fallujah District

Abstract

The agricultural production of vegetables is an important topic in achieving food security. Therefore, any damage in it will negatively affect the marketing process. The main objective of the research is to identify the productive obstacles in the process of marketing agricultural vegetables in the Fallujah district, as well as arranging the production obstacles in the marketing of agricultural vegetables according to their importance from the standpoint of farmers. The research methodology followed the descriptive approach, using the survey study methods as it is consistent with the nature of this research. The research community included all the agricultural divisions of the Fallujah district, which are of two agricultural divisions. Given the large size of the research community, which reached (1040) farmers, the researcher decided to take a random sample of vegetable farmers represented by (25%) of the community size, therefore the final sample reached (260) farmers. The research results showed that there are serious production obstacles in the marketing of agricultural vegetables, as the weighted mean reached 4.14, with a percentage weight of 82.8%. The research also indicated the need to play the role of marketing extension and provide the necessary services to farmers on how to deal with these products due to their formative nature that requires knowledge and skills of production and marketing.