Planning of Extension Program for The Maintenance and Improvement of Agricultural Lands in Beheira Governorate | ||
| Alexandria Science Exchange Journal | ||
| Article 30, Volume 42, Issue 3, September 2021, Pages 1741-1767 PDF (584.58 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/asejaiqjsae.2021.194872 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Amel A. Fayed* 1; Olfat Shaban Shahin* 2 | ||
| 1Agric. Economic and Extension and Rural Development Dept., Fac. of Agric., Damanhour Univ., Damanhour, Beheria, Egypt | ||
| 2Agricultural extension, Faculty of Agriculture, Damanhour university | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The main objective of this research is building an extension Program for the maintenance and improvement of agricultural lands in Al-Behaira Governorate, through : Studying the current situation by identifying some of the respondents distinctive characteristics, studying the knowledge and skill level of them with recommendations, Identifying there sources of communication information , problems facing them and possible solutions in these field ,and Suggest an agricultural extension program according to the research results. The sample research was determined by all the holders of agricultural lands in El-Buheira governorateit ,it is one of the largest agricultural governorates, occupies the first place in the percentage of infringements on agricultural lands, who numbered 484895, and a random sample was 382 respondents taken using the Kersji and Morgan equation, from the three largest centers in the governorateزThe most important results were represented by studying the current situation : that only 6.8% of the respondents have a low knowledge degree and 39.8% have a low implementation degree of the extension recommendations related to the maintenance and improvement of agricultural lands, while 29.3% and 38% of them Those with average knowledge and implementation of those recommendations, while 63.9% and only 22.3% of them have ahigh degree ofknowledge and implementation of the recommendations, Which shows discrepancy between the knowledge and implementation level of the respondents for these recommendations. Accordingly, a proposed action plan was designed for an extenstion program to develope the knowledge and skills of agricultural land holders in the research area. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Maintenance land; improvement land of agricultural lands; Design extension program | ||
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