FACTORS RELATED TO INTERPERSONAL VISITS BETWEEN CHANGE AGENTS AND RURAL WOMEN, IN SOME VILLAGES OF F.A.YOUM GOVERNORATE, WHO REJECTED ADOPTION OF IMPROVED CHICKEN STRAINS AND ATTENDED AN EXTENSION PROGRAM RELATED TO THEM | ||
| Journal of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences | ||
| Article 13, Volume 28, Issue 6, June 2003, Pages 4697-4709 PDF (765.28 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jaess.2003.243789 | ||
| Author | ||
| S. A. M. EI-Ghamrini, | ||
| Researcher, Agricultural Extension and Rural Development Research Institute Agricultural ResearCh Center. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The main objective of the research was to identity primarily tacto s related 10 reciprocal interpersonal visits between change agents and Fayourn Governorate's rural women, who rejected adoption of chicken improved stains and who attended a training program related to improved chicken strains. The derived objectives were: (') to identify relationship between the dependent variable, change agent's visits to rural women, and each of some selected independent variables; (2) to identify relationship between the dependent variable, rural women visits to change agents, and each of some selected independent variables; (3) to determine factors explained variance Ip the dependent variable, change agent's visits to rural women; (4) tb determine 'factors explained variance in the dependent variable, rural wome visits to change agents; (5) to determine significance difference between the two averages of change agent's visits to rural women, and rural women visilTi to change agents; and (6) to extract some suggestions thaI are thought 10 00 useful to pcllcv-cecislon makers. The- study data were collected during the period March-April, 2000, as a part of a project financed partly by the Agricultural Research Center. A sample encompassed 242 rural females in six villages of Fayou Governorate (villages of EI-Agamien, Tubbhar, SinrolAbshway District; Taist, EI-Shikh Faddel, and EI Hamidia EI-Gadidal Fayoum District) was used in the study. A pre-tested written questionnaire and inter-personal interviews were used in collecting the study data. Factor analysis, zero-order correlation coefficient, step-wise multiple regression, and Hest were used in analyzing the collected study data The study findings emphasized the need to Increase and enrich rural Women's information, throughout education, interpersonal visits between them and change agents, effective use of mass communication, and emphasis of rural women's perception to their losses brought about trom their rejection to adoption of the concerned innovation. The study implications, limitations, and suggestions were included. | ||
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