The Role of Agricultural Extension in Raising Awareness of Environmental Protection Laws in Dakahlia Governorate | ||
| Alexandria Science Exchange Journal | ||
| Article 24, Volume 43, Issue 3, September 2022, Pages 1017-1054 PDF (720.36 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/asejaiqjsae.2022.258522 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Amira M.A.Ramadan* 1; Mohamed A. Abou EI-Naga* 2 | ||
| 1agricultural unv | ||
| 2Agricultural Extension and Rural Development Research Institute - Agricultural Research Center | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This research aimed to identify the agricultural extension role in raising awareness of environmental protection laws, it was conducted in two villages in Dakahlia Governorate on a simple random sample of farmers who have both agricultural and animal possessions consisting of 150 farmers during the period from September to December 2021, using a questionnaire Personal. Frequencies, percentages, arithmetic mean, and Spearman's correlation coefficient were used for statistical analysis. The most important results were summarized as follows: - 87.3% of the farmers had heard of the environmental protection laws. The television was one of the most reliable sources to know those laws 77.3%. - Behavioral level of the farmers with the environmental laws in the five studied areas reached (38.9) with subjective estimators, 35.3 with objective estimators, and the extension need was 64.6. -The general average of the level extension system raising awareness of environmental protection laws for the farmers surveyed in the five fields studied was 64.9 and the level of follow-up was 60.6. - The general average rate of agricultural extension devices' use of educational extension methods was 57.7, and the utilization rate was 58.8. - The general average of the level of existence of problems of applying environmental laws was 72,9, and the level of future investigation of the application of environmental laws was 76,2. - There is a significant relationship between the role of agricultural extension with environmental laws and the subjective, objectived behavioral levels in the pesticide pollution, and the plant production field 0,01. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| extension role; awareness; environmental laws | ||
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