The knowledge Degree of Palm Growers in the Southern Shouna Region in the Pest Area and its Relation Some Variables | ||||
| Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences | ||||
| Article 29, Volume 56, Issue 2, April 2025, Page 431-444 PDF (569.65 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ajas.2025.348630.1449 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Ahmad N. Al-Shadiadeh  ; Mohammed S. Al-Alawi
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| Plant Production and Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Al-Balqa Applied University, Al-Salt 19117, Jordan. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The aim of this study was to determine the knowledge degree of palm farmers for pests’ area in the Southern Shouna and study the relationship between the knowledge levels and some independent variables like socioeconomic characters of farmers. 28 randomly selected farmers were chosen and interviewed individually and subjected to questionnaires by using form prepared by the researchers. The questionnaire included two parts, first was the socioeconomic information of the farmers and the second and was a measure of knowledge level in the pests’ area. The data was collected and checked in its truth by some experts and other related persons. For data analysis, replicates, percentages, mean, standard deviations, and Spearman correlation to test hypothesis and determine the relationship between dependent and independent variables. The most important results were: There were three categories for knowledge degree according to (Z-scores), which were (<-1) points, medium (-1 to +1) points, and high (> +1) points. It was found that 21.4%,2%, and 21.4 % of farmers fell into the low, medium, and high levels, respectively. Significant relationship between knowledge degree and each size of farm tenure and number of experience years, There is an insignificant relationship between the knowledge degree and each farmer’s age, educational level. The result of this study recommended that knowledge degree must take extra role for educational of palm farmers and transfer the agricultural technology to them through prepare practical plan include the explanation of this results according to knowledge degrees of farmers works in this study area. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Agricultural Extension; knowledge degree; Palm; Pests; Southern Shouna | ||||
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