Exploring the Perspective of the Managers in Cairo Municipality Management of Fruit and Vegetable Organization concerning Organic Products Marketing

Subject Areas : Agriculture Marketing and Commercialization

Hassen Noureddine Benfetta ¹ , Bouayed Sarra ² , A. Zaky ³

1 - Laboratory of Ecology and Management of Natural Ecosystems, Faculty SNV; STU-University of Tlemcen, Algeria
2 - Laboratory of Rheology,Transport et Treatment of Complex Fluids, Department of Hydraulics. USTOMB- Oran
3 - Horticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Egypt

Received: 2022-05-15 Accepted : 2022-11-09 Published : 2022-12-01

Keywords: agriculture, Marketing, organic products, Managers, Cairo Municipality Fruit and Vegetable Markets,

Abstract :

Marketing of these products should be taken into consideration which demands principal decision-making by managers in this process. The objective of the present paper was to explore the perspective of the managers in Cairo Municipality Management of Fruit and Vegetable Organization concerning organic products marketing. It is an applied survey employing a descriptive method. The population included managers in Cairo Municipality Management of Fruit and Vegetable Organization (200 people). Based on Cochran’s sample size formula, 125 managers were selected through simple random sampling. Two researcher-made questionnaires were used for data collection. The questionnaire on social interaction and market development of organic products consisted of 12 items and the questionnaire on the effective factors on social interaction and market development of organic products included sections on economic factors (5 items), educational factors (8 items), policy-making factors (5 items), and sociocultural factors (7 items). The face and content validity of the questionnaires was confirmed based on the experts’ opinions. Cronbach’s alpha of the research variables was estimated at more than 0.7, indicating the internal consistency of the items and confirmation of reliability. Descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, and coefficient of changes through SPSS software were used for data analysis. Finally, the prioritization of the perspective of managers in Cairo Municipality Management of Fruit and Vegetable Organization was presented concerning the effective economic factors, educational factors, policy-making factors, and sociocultural factors on social interaction and market development of organic products.

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