Farmers extension needs in producing compostfrom farm residues in some villegs in el-beheira governorate

Abstract: This study aimed to determine fanners extension needs in producing compost using farm residues throw determining straw quality and quantity available to studied fanners and its utilizing, determine their knowledge level concerning compost benefits and producing techniques, determine their execution of compost and readiness of refusers to execute it. determine the relationship between their knowledge level concerning compost benefits and producing techniques as dependent variable and some independent variables, determine the effect of independent variables in their know ledge level concerning compost benefits and producing techeniques. And also to submit some recommendations to help the extensionests in developing the extension programs in this domain according to the extension needs. Data were collected from studied fanners in January and February 2002 using questionaire with a random sample amounting to 261 farmers of Sanhour village. Damanhour district. Bahary Al Fransawia village. Mahmodia district and Nekle El Enab village Khom Hamada district. El-Behaira Governorate Means, standard deviation, frequencies percentages, simple correlation coefficient, and step wise regression were used to present and analyze data statistically.
The results revealed that 98.7% of the respondents have animals waste, where 98.2% of animal holders of the respondents add it to the soil 85.4% of the respondents have wheat straw, where 98.7% of wheat growers of the respondents
use if as a cattle food without any treatment. 82% of the respondents have maize
straw, where maize growers use some of it in cooking, cattle feeding, and putting under animals, where execute that 50.9%. 43.1% and 13.6% of maize growers of the respondents respectively. 81.2% of the respondents have rice straw, where quantities of it used in cooking, cattile feeding without any treatment, and putting under animals, where execute that 54.7%. 53.3% and 32.1% of rice growers of the respondents respectively, while 26.4% of them pum the rest in the fields. 57.9% of the respondents have cotton straw, where 74.8% of Cotton growers of the respondents use quantities of it in cooking, while 33.1 % of them pun the rest in the fields. 39% of the respondents have vegetable straw, where 21.6% of vegetable growers of the respondents get rid of it on the roads, and 18.6% of them purn it in the fields 39% of the respondents have bean straw which use in cattile feeding and putting under animals, where execute that 51% and 49% of Bean growers of the respondents, respectively. 6.9% of the respondents have pruning fruit trees straw where they get rid of it on the roads or use it in cooking.
The results revealed that knowledge level of 64.4% and 27.6% of the respondents concerning compost benefits and producing technique is low and moderate respectively, 11.5% only of the repondents had produced compost. 62.8% of compost non executing arc ready to execute it .
There is a positive correlation and statistically significant between knowledge level of the respondents concerning compost s benefits and producing technique from farm residues as dependent variable and each of, mass media exposure. degree of education, degree of extension communication, degree of animal holding, and extend of having farm residues as independent variables, There is a negative correlation and statistically significant between know ledge level of the respondents concerning compost's benefits and producing technique from farm residues as dependent variable and age as independent variable.
The results revealed that degree of mass media exposure. degree of animal holding, and degree of education, interpret 23.88% of the total variance in the dependent variable
The study recommended developing extension programs to help farmers to change wrong practices in delivering farm residues and raise their knowledge level in this regard.
Publication year 2002
Pages 223-240
Availability location معهد بحوث الارشاد الزراعي والتنمية الريفية 9 ش الجامعة –مركز البحوث الزراعية – جيزة
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Organization Name
City Alexandria
serial title prof. A. M. Group for Soil & water Research
Author(s) from ARC
Agris Categories Extension
AGROVOC
TERMS		 Extension activities. Organic fertilizers. Residues.
Publication Type Journal
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