THE QUALITY OF THE EXTENSION SERVICE PROVIDE TO FARMERS OF THE TOMATO CROP IN SHARKIA GOVERNORATE | ||
| Sinai Journal of Applied Sciences | ||
| Volume 11, Issue 5, September and October 2022, Pages 1063-1086 PDF (801.25 K) | ||
| Document Type: Researches | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/sinjas.2022.170008.1159 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Samar I. Newisar* 1; Shimaa A. Hashem2 | ||
| 1Dept. Econ. and Agric. Eaten., Fac. Technol. and Develop., Zagazig Univ., Egypt. | ||
| 2Dept. Agric. Econ., Fac. Agric., Zagazig Univ., Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The research aims to: Identify the degree of quality of the extension services provide by the Agricultural Extension Agency to tomato farmers, determine the relative contribution of independent variables with a significant correlation in explaining the variance of the quality of extension services provided by the agricultural extension organization, and to identify the most important obstacles benefiting to farmers from the extension services provided by the Agricultural Extension Agency, and suggestions to improve the quality of the extension service. The data was conducted on a sample of (180) tomato farms in Sharkia Governorate. the data were analyzed by: frequencies, percentages, weighted mean, Pearson coefficient, Step Wise. The results indicated that: The degree of quality of extension services provided by the Agricultural Extension Agency to tomato farmers is medium by 57.8%. It also found five independent variables that contributed significantly by 76.9% in explaining the variation in quality of the extension services provided by the Agricultural Extension Organization to tomato farmers, these variables are: the degree of utilization of extension services, availability of extension services, tomato area, total agricultural area, and degree of attitudes towards agricultural extension by 71.8%, 2%, 1.4%, 0.9%, 0.8%, respectively. Also the results showed the most obstacles facing the farmers surveyed when benefiting from the extension services provided by the Agricultural Extension Agency are: don’t provide tomato farmers with useful advice, don’t supply farmers with good tomato seedlings at the appropriate time, and don’t supply production requirements from reliable sources. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Quality; Extension Service; Tomato Crop; Sharkia Governorate | ||
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