UNSAFE PRACTICES IN ANIMALS AND POULTRY PRODUCTION IN RURAL AREAS OF MENOUFIA GOVERNORATE | ||
| Menoufia Journal of Agricultural Economic and Social Sciences | ||
| Article 4, Volume 4, Issue 2, March and April 2019, Pages 183-184 PDF (291.84 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/mjabes.2019.174609 | ||
| Authors | ||
| F. A. Salama1; F. A. Mohamed1; Kh. A. A. Keneber2 | ||
| 1Prof. of Rural Sociology, Fac. of Agric., Menoufia Univ. | ||
| 2Associate Prof. of Rural Sociology, Fac. of Agric., Menoufia Univ. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study aimed basically at identifying the level of adoption of unsafe practices in animals and poultry Production in rural areas of Menoufia governorate , This main objective was achieved theoretically and empirically through the following sub-objectives: Identifying the knowledge level of unsafe practices by growers in animals and poultry Production. Determining the correlates of the unsafe practices knowledge level,Identifying the application degree of unsafe practices by growers in animal and poultry Production, Determining the correlates of the unsafe practices application degree, Identifying the reasons of applying the unsafe practices by growers in animals and poultry Production. The study was carried out in four villages in Menoufia governorate , the first village was Sahel El gawaber, the second village was El erakya, the third village was Abo koles and Kafer deneshway of El shohadaa district. A sample of 318 growers in animal and poultry Production. was selected randomly from the four villages. A questionnaire was used to collect the data from the respondents through personal interviews, the data were analyzed descriptively and analytically by using frequencies, percentages, range, variance, reliability estimate, simple correlation, step- wise multiple regression. The study findings can be summarized as follows: The knowledge degree of unsafe practices was low as 75.5% from all respondents by growers in animals and poultry Production , The applying degree of unsafe practices was middle and high as 81.3% from all respondents by growers in animal and poultry Production, , There were four independent variables (The knowledge of the respondent related to animal and poultry production , frequency of visiting of change agents, environmental attitude , The degree of confidence in government agencies) explained together 27.1 % of the total variance of the knowledge degree of unsafe practices . There were five independent variables (the knowledge degree of unsafe practices as a dependent variable, the knowledge of the respondent related to animal and poultry production, environmental attitude, Local community satisfaction, Average Family Education) explained together 13.2 % of the total variance of the application degree of unsafe practices as a dependent variable . | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Unsafe practices; animals and poultry production; rural areas of Menoufia governorate | ||
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