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The Impact of Exposure to some Extension Methods used in Wheat National Campaign on Wheat Farmers Knowledge at some villages in El- Menoufia Governorate
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Abstract: The main objective of this research is to identify respondent wheat farmers knowledge degree concerning planting operations of Wheat crop, to determine respondent farmers exposure degree to some extension methods common used in Wheat National campaign, Also to determine the relationship between respondent farmers knowledge degree concerning wheat planting & producing operations and independent variables; to identify the relationship between respondent farmers exposure degree to extension method used in Wheat National Campaign and independent variables.
The study was conducted in four villages that were chosen from two districts with respect to the Wheat areas. Respondents were randomly chosen from the four villages, the total number of respondents were 200 ( 50 from each village).
Data were collected during Sept. and Oct. 2006 through interview by personnal using apretested questionnaire. Frequencies, Percentages, mean, Standard deviation, weighted mean, simple Correlation and( Step Wise) were used to analyze data statistically multiple correlation and regression analysis.
The most important results were as follow:
1- 73% of respondents had high knowledge degree regarding wheat planting & producing knowledge (arithmetic mean 138.29. S.d. 13.97)
2- The most important extension methods to get agricultural information through Wheat National Campaign was the extension meeting.
3- There were significant and positive relationships at 0.01 level between respondent farmers knowledge degree concerning planting, producing Wheat and each of the following variables: degree of educational degree, cosmopolitenss, social participation, respondents attitudes towards change.
4- There were significant and positive relationships at 0.01 level between each of degree of educational degree and cosmopolitness as independent variables to extension meeting and Extension fields that were high frequently used in Wheat National Campaign.
5- According to Step-wise analysis degree of educational degree, farmers attitudes to change and farmers cosmopolitness, had important influence on res. farmers knowledge in planting, producing Wheat.
6- According to Step-wise analysis csmopolitness had important influence on respondent farmers exposure degree to extension meeting that were high frequently used in wheat National campaign.
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2008
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معهد بحوث اللارشاد الزراعى والتنمية الريفية
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Extension
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Researsh & Applied Activities
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