Rural Women's Participation Level in the Decision–Making of Vegetable Crops in Jordan Valley and its Relation with Some Variables | ||
| Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences | ||
| Article 9, Volume 46, Issue 5, October 2015, Pages 102-113 PDF (385.98 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ajas.2016.535 | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The aim of this study was to determine the rural women's participation level in the decision – making related to choice of vegetable crops in Jordan Valley and its relation with some variables, the study also aimed at studying the relationship between the participation levels and some personal variables like personal and professional characters of the women .Randomly selected women of 120 were chosen and interviewed individually and subjected to a questionnaires prepared by the researcher. The questionnaire included two parts, first the personal and professional information of the women and second, the measure of participation in the decision – making related to vegetable crops. The data were collected and checked for validity by some experts in the related field. For data analysis, frequencies, percentages, mean, standard deviations, Pearson and Spearman correlation, and t-test were used to test the hypothesis and determine the relationship between dependent and independent variables. The most important results were: - There was three categories for participation levels, which were low (<8) points, medium 8-12) points and high (> 12) points. It was found that 19%, 79%, and 22 % of women were fall down in the low, medium, and high levels respectively. - There was a significant relationship between participation levels and each of educational level, number of experience years, and information resources. - There was no significant relationship between participation levels and each of women age, and size of farm possession. Finally, the result of this study recommended that rural organization and agricultural extension must take extra role in educating and raising awareness of rural women and transfer the agricultural technology to them through pre-prepared scientific and practical plans including the results of this research according to the participation levels of women in the study area. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Rural development; Rural Women; Agricultural Extension; participation Levels; vegetable; Jordan Valley | ||
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