The Educational Impacts of Extension Fields on Sugar beet Farmers in Selected Villages of Kafr El – Sheikh Governorate

Abstract: This study aimed mainly to identify the educational knowledge impacts of the extensional fields in the farmers of sugar beet crop in some villages of Kafrelsheikh,
The personal questionnaire has been used as a tool for collecting data from the interviewees. Kafrelsheikh governorate has been selected to conduct this study because it is the first governorate in the total production and cultivated area of sugar beet crop, the study was conducted on three groups of growers of sugar beet crop, the first group they were all the farmers of extension fields of sugar beet in Kafrelsheikh governorate for the season 2007/2008, they were 20 farmers all of them had been included in the study, the second group included 181 farmares of neighbouring fields, The third group included 132 farmares of non -neighbouring fields Results proved that approximately 65% of the farmers of extension fields included in high knowledge category, while approximately 34%, and about 8% of the farmers of neighbour fields and of non- neighbour fields included in the same category, respectively, also it found that 25% of the farmers of extension fields were in the moderate knowledge category, while this percentage in farmers of neighbour fields and of non- neighbour fields about 40%, and approximately 42%, respectively. Finally, results cleared that 10% of the farmers of extension fields included in low knowledge category, while 26% and 50% of the farmers of neighbour fields and non- neighbour in the same category respectively.
To determine the significant differences between the degree of knowledge of each of the farmers of extension fields, farmers of neighbour fields and farmers of non- neighbour fields with extension recommendations of the sugar beet crop, results cleared that the calculated value of (F) was 117.33 and it was significant at the level of 0.01of significance, this results refers clearly to a significant difference between means of degree of knowledge of the farmers of extension fields, farmers of neighbour fields and farmers of non- neighbour fields with extension recommendations of the sugar beet crop,
Publication year 2009
Pages 1-103
Availability location Agricultural Extension and Rural Development Research Institutes library
Availability number 717
Organization Name
Country Egypt
Publisher Name: كلية الزراعة -جامعة كفر الشيخ
Place: كفر الشيخ
Author(s) from ARC
Agris Categories Extension
Publication Type Master Thesis
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