Open AccessStrategic planning approach to the development of contract farming in the Egyptian sugar industry
Author(s) -
Hazem S. Kassem,
Bader Alhafi Alotaibi,
Salim Bagadeem
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of agricultural extension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.169
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2408-6851
pISSN - 1119-944X
DOI - 10.4314/jae.v24i4.17
Subject(s) - swot analysis , contract farming , agriculture , sugar industry , sugar , analytic hierarchy process , business , sugar factory , strategic planning , agricultural science , marketing , economics , geography , food science , chemistry , environmental science , archaeology , mathematical economics
The strategies required to develop contract farming in the Egyptian sugar industry were examined by applying the Strength-Weakness-OpportunitiesThreats (SWOT) approach in combination with an analytic hierarchy process. Data were collected from sugar beet farmers, extension workers, experts, and employees of the Dakhalia Sugar and Refining Company in Egypt. Market risk has the highest overall priority score among the strengths. Noncommitment of farmers to harvest time received the highest overall priority score among the weaknesses, while valorization of sugar industry wastes had the highest overall priority score among the opportunities, and accumulation of large reserves of sugar at the factory was perceived as the most important threat to the sugar industry. These findings can be used to formulate strategies based on current situation analysis and create suitable conditions for successful contract farming in the sugar sector.
Keywords: strategies; SWOT-AHP; contract farming; sugar industry; Egypt