Exchange Site Visits And Their Role In Diffusion Agricultural Innovations In The Areas Of Wadi Al-Naqrah And Wadi Al-Saaida In Aswan Governorate | ||||
| Scientific Journal of Agricultural Sciences | ||||
| Article 24, Volume 2, Issue 2, December 2020, Page 279-290 PDF (789.22 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/sjas.2020.49975.1059 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
Mohamed Elramily 
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| Agricultural Economics Department, Fac. Of Agric., Bani Sweif Univ., Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The main objectives of the research are to identify the role of the Exchange field visits as an extension education method in diffusion agricultural innovations in the areas of Wadi Al-Naqrah and Wadi Al-Saaida in Aswan Governorate. By identifying the aspects of the respondents' benefit from their exposure to field visits in the area of the West Nobareya project. The research was conducted on a comprehensive amount of 25 respondents from members of agricultural marketing cooperative societies in Wadi Al-Sa`idah and Al-Naqrah regions in Aswan Governorate. Data were collected by means of an interview questionnaire from October 2020. The results of this research revealed that: The respondents' benefits varied from the field visit: acquiring new knowledge and skills, and achieving social gains. Its upper limit was represented in the ability of the association to negotiate and contract with companies and farmers and conclude contracts with 100% of the respondents. The majority of the respondents have specific goals in performing field visits, which are to identify new marketing methods, and to communicate with officials of associations in Nobarea, 88% and 72% of the respondents. 96% of the respondents have the ability to implement the new developments that they were exposed to during the visit | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Site visits; Exchange site visits; method extension; field trip; tour extension | ||||
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