Causal model for the adoption of the integrated test management among rice growers in Egypt
Abstract: The main objective of this study was to construct and test a causal model for the adoption of integrated pest management among rice growers in Kafr El-sheikh, Behiera
and Dakahlia governorates. Questionnaire was used to collect data needed for this study through interviewing 388 respondents who were randomly chosen from the farmers cultivating rice in the three previous governorates:
Path analysis technique was used in this study to test the proposed model of relationships for several hypotheses Results indicated that : the largest explained variance was for adoption of 1PM among rice growers ( R2 == 56 ) followed by attitude towards IPM ( R2 = 26) , opinion leadership ( R2 = 24 ) , cosmopoliteness ( R2 18) . attitude towards environmental pollution ( R2 =- 18) , knowledge about 1PM ( R2 _- 15) . social participation ( R2 — 12 ) attitude towards chemical pesticide ( R2 11) , awareness of 1PM (R2 = 10)
There were only lour variables namely Income, opinion leaderships. knowledge about 1PM, and attitude towards 1PM which had a direct effect on the central dependent variable, and the remanding variables had indirect effect on the adoption of' 1PM, Finally the most important independent variables for predicting the adoption of the 1PM among rice growers were found to be knowledge about IPM, income, attitude towards IPM, and opinion leadership.
Publication year 1999
Pages 31
Availability location Agricultural Extension And Rural Development Research Institute Library Agricultural Research Center – 8, Cairo University St., - Egypt
Availability number 262
Organization Name
Country Egypt
City Giza
Publisher Name: Agricultural Research Centre – Egypt
serial title Bulletin of Agricultural Extension and Rural development Research Institute
Department Rural Sociology Research Department
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External authors (outside ARC)
    راتب عبد اللطيف صومع كلية الزراعة بكفر الشيخ - جامعة طنطا
Agris Categories Extension
Proposed Agrovoc adoption;
Publication Type Journal
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