Rural Fishermen Benefit From the Activities of Cooperative Societies in Aswan Governorate, Egypt | ||
| New Valley Journal of Agricultural Science | ||
| Article 7, Volume 3, Issue 8, April 2023, Pages 833-847 PDF (870.68 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Research | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/nvjas.2023.211057.1208 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Tarek Mohamed Ahmed Hussin* 1; Ismail Rostom Sallam Ibrahim2 | ||
| 1Department of Rural Society and Agricultural Extension, Faculty of Agriculture, New Valley University | ||
| 2Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Society, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Assiut Branch | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The research aimed to identify the degree of benefit and satisfaction of rural fishermen with the activities and services provided by cooperative societies for rural fishermen in Aswan Governorate. The research carried out on a random sample of rural fishermen which consisting of 302 respondents. Data were collected by personal interview questionnaire. Percentages, frequency distribution, graph and weighted average were used to show and describe the research data. Excel was used to prepare the graphs. Spearman’s correlation coefficient for ranks was used to determine the relationship between the search variables by SPSS. Results were showed that: The most beneficial activities were: lending to fishermen and their families, establishing and managing fish farms, establishing centers for collecting fish, which are arranged in descending order with a weighted average respectively (2.85, 2.82, 2.71). The degree of satisfaction of the respondents was high with one of the services provided by cooperative societies were: issuing official papers, with a weighted average of 2.69. The degree of benefit of the respondents was positively related to years of work in fishing, age, and the number of years of education. The degree of respondents' satisfaction was positively correlated with age, years of education, level of ambition, years of work in fishing at the significant level 0.01, 0.05. The most important suggestions for activating the role of fishermen's cooperative societies were: the necessity of insuring fishermen and their boats (99.7%), providing protection for fishermen's families (99.3%), and helping to solve problems (98%). | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Fishermen; Activities; Cooperative Societies; Aswan Governorate | ||
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