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The educational effect of agricultural machinery station at some villages in Menia governorate
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Abstract: This study aims mainly to determine : (l) The knowledge level of respondent farmers at villages in the area of machinery station services and out of that area regarding the conditions of utilizing some tillage , planting hoeing , pest control, irrigation pump fertilizer distributer, and thresher machines.
(2) The contribution of some independent variables, which have significant correlation relationship, in interpreting knowledge degrees of respondents in each group of farmers regarding the conditions of utilizing some agricultural machines. (3) The level of available machinery extension services. (4) The level of constraints affecting the utilization of some agricultural machines form respondents point of view in each group.
To achieve the study objectives, a random sample of 105 respondents were selected from two villages in the area of Mallawi machinery station services. As well as. 110 respondents were selected from two villages in Beni Mazr district. The data were collected by personal interviews using a pretended questionnaire during June and July 1989 . " Z " test . "Mann Whitney " test . Step Wise Multiple Correlation and Regression Analyses were used for analyzing data statistically .
The results of the study revealed that
A) There were significant differences at 0.01 level between the two groups of respondents knowledge level regarding the Conditions of utilizing some tillage, planting, hoeing, pest Control, and irrigation machines. These differences were significant at 0.05 level for utilizing Condition of thresher distributor. Generally, that knowledge level of respondents was moderate in the area of machinery station services, and was low out of that area .
B) Degree of available machinery extension services, degree of respondents education, number of information sources, family influence degree, number of owned agricultural machines, land holding size were jointly contributed to 32.80% of the total variation explaining total knowledge degrees of respondents regarding utilizing conditions of machines at villages in the area of machinery station services . Degree of respondent s education was the unique variable which only contributed to 4.95 % of the total variation interpreting respondents knowledge degrees out of that area.
C) There were significant differences at 0.05 level between the two groups of respondents regarding the level of available machinery extension services.
D) There were no significant differences between the two groups of respondents regarding the level of constraints affecting the utilization of agricultural machines.
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| Publication year |
1991
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| Pages |
28
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| Availability location |
Agricultural Extension And Rural Development Research Institute Library – agricultural Research Center – 8, Cairo University St., - Egypt
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| Availability number |
169
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| Organization Name |
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| Country |
Egypt
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| City |
Giza
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| Publisher |
Name:
Agricultural Research Centre – Egypt
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| serial title |
Bulletin of Agricultural Extension and Rural development research institute
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| Department |
Extension Programs Research Department
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| Author(s) from ARC |
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| External authors (outside ARC) |
عاطف أمين هلال
كلية الزراعة - جامعة المنيا
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| Agris Categories |
Extension
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| Proposed Agrovoc |
extension needs;
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| Publication Type |
Journal
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