Obstacles to Farmers' Adoption of Sugarcane Harvesting Machine in Esna District, Luxor Governorate | ||
| Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences | ||
| Article 13, Volume 53, Issue 3, August 2022, Pages 178-184 PDF (487.55 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ajas.2022.127675.1117 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Refat M. Mahmud* ; Samya A, Hilal; asmaa B. Mohamed; Hend H. Ali | ||
| Department of Rural Sociology and Agricultural Extension, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This research aims to know the obstacles to the farmers’ adoption of the sugarcane harvesting machine in the center of Esna, Luxor Governorate, by studying some of the social and economic characteristics of the sugarcane farmers in the center of Esna, as well as knowing the factors associated with the cane harvesting machine that prevent the farmers from adopting it. The research was conducted on the villages of Asfoun Al-Mutana and Keman Al-Mutana, because they are the largest villages in terms of sugar cane cultivation in the Esna Center. Then a random sample of sugarcane farmers was selected from those two villages. The sample size was 267 sugarcane farmers, 50 of whom adopted the machine, and 217 did not adopt the sugarcane harvesting machine. The results of the research showed that the percentage of the respondents' adoption of the harvesting machine was only 18.7%, while the vast majority of the respondents (81. 3%) refused to adopt the machine. The results indicated that 44% of the adopted farmers of the machine ranged from 50 to 59 years old, while 41% of the non-adopted farmers the machine ranged between 60 and 69 years old. The results also showed that the educational level of the adopted farmers was university education by 90%, while the highest level of education for nearly half of the non-adopted farmers (48%) was secondary education. The agricultural area of the adopted farmers was more than 10 acres by 50%, as for the non-adopters, the area ranged from one acre to 5 acres, at a rate of 87.56%. As for the reasons for not adopting the harvesting machine, the results were summarized in the large number of machine failures, and that the machine causes damage to the roots, and the machine has a negative impact on the current crop in addition to the machine is completely incapable of breaking the reeds that are lying and tangled. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Obstacles to adoption; cane-breaking machine; stabbing; Esna | ||
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