"FARMERS' ATIITUDES TOWARDS THE INTEGRATION OF POPULATION AND ENVIRONMENT EDUCATION INTO ONGOING AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION !N GHARBIA AND BENI-SWIF GOVERNORATES | ||
| Journal of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences | ||
| Article 14, Volume 28, Issue 6, June 2003, Pages 4711-4721 PDF (636.87 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jaess.2003.243791 | ||
| Author | ||
| M. Y. Yassa, | ||
| Researcher, Agricultural Extension and Rural Development Research Institute Agricultural Research Center. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study aimed at determining the degree of the Farmers attitudes towards the integration of population and environment education into ongoing agricultural extension activities, The most important variables that affecting their attitudes and compare between the degree of fanners attitudes in both GHARBIA and BENI·SWIF. This study was carried out in two governorates- GHARBIA and BENI SWIF where the project of Integration of population and environment Education into ongoing agricultural extension programs was conducted. The study sample was 210 respondents selected randomly from the fanners who delt with the project activities conducting in the 10 selected villages of the project work area. Data was collected by written pretested questionnaire through personal interviews. The most Important results of the research may be summarized as follows: 1-More than half of the respondents (50.95%) had high attitudes towards integration of population and environment Education into agricultura extension activities, more than one third of respondent (35.72%) ha moderate attitudes, while 13% of the respondent were with low attitudes. 2-Four independent variables had significant rate the interpretation in total variance in the degree of fanners attitudes with total percentaqe amounting to 57 percent, which were : degree of the attitudes towards agriculture extension , degree of the respondent education, degree of respondent's exposure to means of mass media, and informal social participation. 3·There was significant difference between the respondents' altitude, degree in the two governorates in favor of BENI-SWIF governorate. | ||
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