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Present and Future Participation of Farmers in Planning
Agricultural Extension Activities in Some Villages of
EL- Fayoum Governorate
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Abstract: The aim of This research was to: 1. Identify some distinguished characteristics of respondents, 2.
determine the relative importance of the most prevailing agricultural activities from respondents point of
view, 3. determine degrees of both present and the future participation of respondents in planning extension
activities, in addition to, 4. identify types of participation in the extension work, and finally, 5. identify the
reasons that impede farmers' participation in extension activities from respondents' points of view.
The research was carried out in three districts selected randomly from EL- Fayoum governorate i.e.
Fayoum, Snoras, and Tamiah. After that three villages i.e.Bani Saleh, Grvs, and Srsena were chosen randomly
from the three chosen districts respectively. Data were collected through personal interviews from a
systematic random sample amounted to 200 respondents, representing 10% of the research population.
Frequencies, percentages, arithmetic mean, weighted means, standard deviation, Pearson simple correlation
coefficient, and multiple correlation and regression analysis (step-wise) were used for date analysis.
The main results revealed that:
- Ages of 49.5 of the respondents ranged between 39-56 years, 49% of them owned less than two Fadden,
51 % of them owned less than 5 animal units, only 8% of the respondents their degree of complacency
was high, 13.5% of them were not completely devoted to agricultural work, 73.5% of them their degree
of satisfaction with agricultural work was between "average" and "high" , only 3.5% of respondents their
degree of participation in the extension activities was high, 12.5% of them had a great chances for
participation in the extension work, and 46.5% of them their perception levels ofthe benefits of down up
planning were low.
- The most important agricultural activities, in a decreasing order, were cultivating and producing field crops
,integrated pest management (IPM) control, maintenance of agrarian drainage, cultivating vegetable, and
fruit crops.
- It was showed that 52% of the respondents their current degree of participation in the planning of
agricultural extension activities "average" and "high", while 76% of them the degree of willingness in the
future to participate in the planning of these activities were "medium" and "high".
- Four independent variables together explained 45.5% of the variance in the future participation degree of
respondents in planning extension activities. These variables were: multiplicity degree of farming
productive activities, participation degree in the extension activities, size of farm animals holding, and
availability of chances for participation in the extension work.
- The most prevailing types of participation of .the respondents in the planning of agricultural extension
activities were: exchange knowledge and experience with the extension workers and farmers' leaders,
attending extension meetings and panels, get the new extension recommendations and apply them, visit
the agricultural extension agent and discuss him about farming matters, and participation in the
discussion of agricultural problems, respectively.
- The reasons that impede farmers from participation in the extension Activities were: deficiency in the
number of extension workers and lack of their experiences, Preoccupation in other functions due to
inadequate return from the farming work, no confidence in knowledge and experiences of extension
workers concerning planning extension programs, farmers merely relying on their personal, family and
neighbour experiences, lack of financial and moral incentives to the farmers that would encourage them
to participate in planning of the extension activities, respectively.
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| Publication year |
2015
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| Pages |
333 - 351
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| Availability location |
معهد بحوث الارشاد الزراعى والتنمية الريفية
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| Country |
Egypt
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| City |
Alexandria
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Name:
جامعة الاسكندرية - كلية زراعة
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| serial title |
مجلة الاسكندرية للبحوث الزراعية
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| Volume |
60
. 2
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| Agris Categories |
Extension
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| Publication Type |
Journal
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