Extension needs of rural women in storing and preserving grains and its effect on loss ratio of wheat and maize crop in some villages of Monoufia and Fayoum governorates
Abstract: This study aimed mainly at determining the knowledge and imple¬menting needs at level of rural women in storing and preserving grains, determining the relationship between each of the above stated depen¬dent variables and the stated independent variables, also determining the contribution percentage of some independent variables correlated significantly to each of the variables stated in explaining the total vari¬ance in these dependent variables, also determining the effect of the two dependent on loss ratio of wheat and maize crop, and determining the sources of knowledge of the ural women about the recommenda¬tions.
Data were collected from random sample of 300 (about 5% ) from respondents by using personal interviewer in four villages of mono¬ufia and Fayoum Governorates. Data were tabulated, processed and ana¬lyzed by using Chi Square, Simple correlation, multiple correlation and regression analysis (step-wise), as well as frequencies and percentages.
The main results of the study revealed that:
- About half of the interviewer (50.7%) were high or moderate in the knowledge needs level, and (69.7%) of them Chair needs level to imple¬ment the recommendations of storing and preserving grains were ei¬ther high or moderate.
- According to the simple correlation matrix; there were significant rela¬tionship between the knowledge need degrees of respondents in stor¬ing grains and 7 variables (out of 13 variables studied ), while 6 of the respondents' need degrees to implement the recommendations studied insignificant.
- Multiple correlation and regression analysis (step-wise) revealed that (20.5%) of the total variance of respondents knowledge need degrees can be explained through the contribution of the following three inde¬pendent variables: the amount of stored grains in previous year (8.9%), the mass media exposure degree (10.5 %), attitude towards change degree (1.1 %).
- The contribution of the number of stored grains in previous year (7.6%), mass media exposure degree (8.8%) and proper store for storing (1.8%) are the three variables contributed by (18.2%) to ex-plain the total variance of respondents need degree to implement the recommendations studied.
- There is significant relationship between each of the knowledge and im¬plement needs level and loss ratio of wheat crop, while it has not been proven to maize crop.
- The most Important source of information for the interviewee's in stor¬ing and preserving grains were personal experience and relatives.
Publication year 2003
Pages 1291-1316
Availability location Agricultural Extension And Rural Development Research Institute Library – agricultural Research Center – 8, Cairo University St., - Egypt
Availability number 73
Organization Name
City Giza
serial title Egyptain Journal of Agricultural Research
Department Rural Women in Development Research Department
Author(s) from ARC
Agris Categories Extension
Proposed Agrovoc Extension Needs;
Publication Type Journal
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