Farmers Leaders Participation in some Agricultural Extension Activities in Villages of Extension Centers at Kafrelsheikh Governorate

Abstract: This study was aiming mainly to determine participation level of the farmers' leaders in some extension agricultural activities in the extension centers' villages at Kafr El Sheikh Governorate.
A simple sample was chosen according to the basket method from local extension leaders, its size was indicated according to Krejcie& Morgan function (1970, PP: 607– 610), then the size was 169 respondents representing about 56% of the total sample. The data was collected from only 165 respondents.
Finally, distribution of the respondents regarding their total participation level in some extension activities of the agricultural extension centers was as follow: 37.6 % of the respondents were in the low participation category, 34.5 % of the respondents were in the middle participation category, and 27.9 % of the respondents were in the high participation category.
The results also showed that the independent variables together explained about 62% of variance in the total respondents participation degree in some extension activities of the agricultural extension centers, and the important independent variables in variance explaining were; availability of the extension services (44.4%), number of agricultural reference resources (11.1 %), visits number of the extension centers (2.6%), extension training ( 2.2%), age (1.2 %), and farming holding capacity (0.9 %).
The results also showed that the important obstacls reducing the respondent's participation in the agricultural extension activities were; lack of free time, absence of the agricultural guide, insufficient number of agricultural agents in the extension center, insufficient number of field visits, lack of advertising and announcements about the visits, lack of transportation mean to the agricultural guide, lack of advertising and announcements about the extension field, insufficient number of extension fields, insufficient support to the agricultural production facilities, insufficient number of extension meetings, and holding these meetings in unsuitable times.
Publication year 2013
Pages 1-137
Availability location معهد بحوث الارشاد الزراعى والتنمية الريفية
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Country Egypt
Publisher Name: جامعة كفر الشيخ
Place: كلية زراعة - قسم الاقتصاد الزراعى
Author(s) from ARC
Agris Categories Extension
Publication Type PhD Thesis
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