The geographical distribution of the cultivation and production of summer vegetable crops in Afak district for the year 2019

Abstract

The research studies the geographical distribution of summer vegetable cultivation in Afak district to find out the most important geographical factors affecting that distribution and the degree of variation in the cultivated areas according to the agricultural provinces and the amount of their production and productivity. The research reached scientific conclusions, the most important of which was that (72.4%) of the area planted with summer vegetable crops in district was concentrated in four provinces (17, 18, 16 and 24) and by (27.3%, 17.9%, 15.1% and 12.1%). While the lowest cultivated area was in the provinces (23 and 19) and by (3.5% and 5.4%) each, respectively.The largest production was achieved in the crops of watermelon and watermelon, while the smallest amount of production was achieved in the beans and tomato crops. The highest productivity was for watermelon crop (6765 kg/dunum), followed by the second highest yield of grazing crop (5699 kg/dunum), then tomato crop yield (1214 kg/dunum), and the lowest productivity was in three crops (cowpea, okra, and cucumber) According to (322, 528.4 and 577.9) k/dunum each, respectively. The research forward some proposals that improve the production and productivity of these crops to meet the local and regional needs, such as providing government support and providing agricultural loans to farmers, which contributes to encouraging their cultivation and providing seeds, fertilizers and pesticides that contribute to increasing and improving the quality and increase of the product. Finally, farmers are educated by the agricultural extension agents on the importance of cultivating these crops to contribute to increasing the quality of the local agricultural product.