EXTENSION NEEDS OF THE GRADUATES'S WIVES OF POTATOES PRODUCTION, MARKETING, AND CONSUMPTION AT EL BOSTAN REGION NUBARIA AREA | ||
| Journal of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences | ||
| Article 2, Volume 29, Issue 12, December 2004, Pages 7031-7044 PDF (3.26 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jaess.2004.209821 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Aziza A. Eisayed,; Amal E. Elaassal | ||
| Agric. Extension and Rural Development Research Institute, A. R. C. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The study aims at identifying the knowledge needs level of the graduate wives regarding the recommendations of potatoes crop production, marketing and consumption in EI-Bostan region in Nubaria area, their food pattern of potatoes consumption , the relationship of their knowledge need degree and some Socioeconomic variables, in addition the needed extension services to solve the constraints which face them in the mentioned crop three stages. The study was conducted through a personal interview by using a . pretested questionnaire in two villages: Mohamed Refaat, and Mohamed Metwally EI- Shaaraawy, EI- Bostan region Nubaria area, A random sample of (102) respondents with 11 % percent of the graduates wives of potatoes farmers. Data were analyzed by using coefficient of rank correlation, as well as frequencies and percentages. The study results could be summarized as follows: - Regarding production stage it has been found that the average of knowledge need degree of the respondent was 51.5% from the maximum value of knowledge need degree for technology recommendations, 43% Regarding the stage of pre-harvesting ,61.5% Regarding storage stage and 50% Regarding consumption stage of the crop. - The rate of family consumption of potatoes was; daily for 79% of the respondents, four times in the week for 13% of them, three times every week for 4% of them, two times every week for 2% of them and less than two times for 2% of them. The monthly individual average of potato consumption was 5.9kg, which mean, that it is a main food in the area. - There was a significant relationship between the degree of knowledge need of the respondents for technology recommended related to each of the studied stage and some of the studied independent variable as follows: - related to the production stage; there was negative relationship between this degree and period of mirage, -related to pre-harvesting stage ; there was negative relationship between degree of knowledge need and the total of education years, degree of participation in development projects and ratio of the graduates wives participation in potatoes crop production and marketing from the total family work.- related to the storage stage there was negative relationship between their degree and their degree of participation in development projects - and related to the consumption stage; the most independent variables related to average potato consumption per person were; family size, experience period of growing potatoes and degree of respondents' exposure to mass media of communication. | ||
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