Problems of marketing dates in Hilla district / Babylon province

Abstract

The research aims to identify the most important problems of date marketing facing date palm growers in Hilla District / Babylon province. The marketing problems of dates facing palm farmers have been limited. The results showed that the most influential marketing problem is the axis of storage and manufacturing problems, as it ranked first with a weighted average of (3.311), and the axis of the problem of harvesting came in the last rank with a weighted average of (2.901).and based on the results of analyzing the most important marketing problems for dates, it is necessary to encourage the establishment of private factories for packing and processing dates, producing date molasses and jam, and introducing them as raw materials in the manufacture of biscuits, cake and vinegar, and educating the consumer on the use of dates as food and work to establish cooperative societies specialized in marketing dates so that they help producers in marketing their crops at reasonable prices. Paying attention to holding agricultural exhibitions and encouraging investment in palm cultivation and date production and processing and activating the role of agricultural extension in the field of palm groves in terms of services, activities and training programs, especially in the field of marketing dates.