The attitudes towards organic agriculture among new graduates who beneficiaries new reclaimed land at Nobaria region.
Abstract: The study aimed to identify The attitudes of new graduates Who Beneficiates. The Relationship between these attitudes and some independents variables, and determine the barriers encountering the graduates to apply the organic agriculture and their suggestions in that field.
A multi-stage random sample composed of 210 Respondents was selected from among new Beneficiaries graduates of anew reclaimed lands" (119) respondents from AI-zohour village and (91) respondents from AI-Hussein village " at Nobaria region. A written questionnaire and personal interviews were used in collecting the study data Frequencies, Percentages, T-test, Simple correlation coefficient and Regression were used in analyzing the study data.
The Main Results of The study can be summarized as follows:
- The attitudes of new graduate towards the organic agriculture was moderate.
- Statistically significant difference in attitudes degree between. The respondents who have non-agricultural education and others who haven't, and who prefer to take quality and quantity production in consideration and others who don't.
- The findings from the correlation and regression analysis showed that four independents variables were significantly determining the degree of attitudes, They were ordered according to their relative importance to be; environmental awareness, multi-information resources exposure, participation in environment activities, adapting between the quality and quantity production.
- All the eight independent variables together explain about 72% of the total variance in the attitudes of respondent.
Some recommendations derived from the obtained findings, were suggested to be taken into consideration by concerned policy makers.
Publication year 2003
Pages 5443-5453
Availability location Agricultural Extension And Rural Development Research Institute Library – agricultural Research Center – 8, Cairo University St., - Egypt
Availability number 33
Organization Name
Country Egypt
City Mansoura
Publisher Name: Faculty of Agricultural, Mansoura University- Egypt
serial title Mansoura University Journal of Agricultural Sciences
ISSN 1110-0346
Volume 28 . 7
Department Rural Sociology Research Department
Author(s) from ARC
Agris Categories Extension
Proposed Agrovoc Organic farming ;
Publication Type Journal
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