Some Factors Affecting Farmer's Behavior to Dispose of Agricultural and Household Waste and How to Overcome Them in Rural of Luxor Governorate | ||
| Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences | ||
| Article 15, Volume 53, Issue 2, June 2022, Pages 145-153 PDF (504.76 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ajas.2022.123585.1098 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Manar Q. Mohamed; Samia A. Hilal; Ahmed A. Ibrahim; Hend H. Aly* | ||
| Department of Rural Sociology and Agricultural Extension, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This research aims to study some of the factors affecting the behavior of farmers to dispose of agricultural and household waste and how to overcome them in rural of Luxor Governorate, by identifying the methods that farmers use in the disposal of agricultural and household waste in rural of Luxor Governorate, and know the extent to which farmers are aware of the wrong methods of disposal. Including, the reasons leading to farmers’ dependence on it, and the extent of the farmers’ knowledge of holding extension seminars in this field, and finally identify the role expected of the agricultural extension in this area. The research was conducted in Luxor Governorate on a sample of 300 farmers who were selected through a simple random sample, where the data were reviewed and analyzed using frequencies and percentages. The most important results were that a large percentage of the sample (58%) uses these agricultural wastes in the manufacture of fodder for animals, and that 33.7% by burning, and 8.3% by dumping them in canals, either at home wastes (51%) by dumping them in canals and drains. And 58% of the respondents realized the wrong methods of disposing of these wastes, and the most important reasons for adopting these wrong methods are the lack of rubbish bins, sewage networks, and ways to recycle these wastes. And the vast majority of the sample (91%) did not know that extension seminars were held in this field, while 38% of them expressed the desire to hold seminars in this field to know the correct methods to dispose of agricultural and household waste. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Environmental protection; Pollution; Agricultural waste | ||
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