THE EXTENSION NEEDS OF BENEFICIARIES FARMERS CULTIVATING WHEAT IN SANDY SOIL IN EL BOUSTAN AREA, EL NOUBARIA REGION | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research | ||
| Article 33, Volume 81, Issue 4, December 2003, Pages 1985-1996 PDF (2.48 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejar.2003.298978 | ||
| Author | ||
| ADEL A. A. EL MEKAWY | ||
| Agricultural Extension & Rural Development Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The main objective of this research was to determine the extension needs for wheat cultivators in El Boustan area , Ei Noubaria region. The relationships between the dependent variable farmers extension Identify needs and some other independent variables namely: Age, educational level, level of aspiration toward children in edu-cation, exposure to mass media, general awareness, opinion leadership, average wheat income and size shred. The study is based on personal in-terview questionnaire and covers three villages at El Boustan area. The sample was randomly selected and represented 15% of the total wheat farmers. Frequency, percentages, averages, and simple correlation coef-ficient are used to analyze data statistically. The main results could be summarized as follows: There were significant relationships between extension needs as a dependent variable and cducation level, level of aspiration toward children in education, exposure to mass media, general awareness opinion leadership, and average of wheat income. There were no significant rela-tionship between extension needs as a dependent variable and four inde-pendent variables namely: age, family size, social participation, and size of herd. | ||
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