Developing of Agricultural Extension Role in Utilizing Solar Energy Among Farmers in Irrigation in Some Villages of Assiut Governorate | ||||
| Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences | ||||
| Volume 56, Issue 2, April 2025, Page 461-473 PDF (607.05 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ajas.2025.353317.1454 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Asmaa M. A. Abadi* ; Samia A. S. Helal; Ahmed A. L. Ibrahim; Hend H. Ali | ||||
| Department of Rural Sociology, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| This research aims to study extension role in the field of using solar energy in irrigation by farmers in Assiut Governorate by identifying the characteristics of the farmers surveyed, their knowledge of the uses of solar energy, sources of obtaining it, its benefits and readiness to use it, in addition to determining the relationship between the characteristics of the farmers surveyed, the extent of the use of solar energy in irrigation, identifying the problems of use, how to overcome them, and finally the proposals of the farmers surveyed to develop advisory role in this field. The research was conducted on two samples: one of 100 farmers who use solar energy and another similar sample of farmers who do not use it in Assiut Governorate. The data were collected using a questionnaire and a personal interview conducted between June and August 2023. The data were then processed using frequencies, percentages, t-tests, and chi-square tests. The most important results showed that age, educational status, holding size, cultural openness, social participation, sources of agricultural information, knowledge of the obstacles to using solar energy in irrigation, and distance from the place of use were significantly associated with the extent of using solar energy in irrigation, as the chi-square values reached 16.7, 46.88, 8.40, 9.98, 10, 8, and 4, respectively. The results also showed that the most critical suggestions from the farmers surveyed for developing the advisory role in this field were to hold more advisory seminars to overcome the obstacles to using solar cells in irrigation. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Assiut Governorate; Extension awareness; Irrigation; Solar energy | ||||
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