AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION METHODS USED BY EACH OF GOVERNMENTAL AND NON- GOVERNMENTAL AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS IN DISSEMINATING INFORMATION TO POTATOES FARMERS CONCERNING SOME PROCESSES OF POST-HARVEST ACTIVITIES IN SOME VillAGES OF MUNOFIA AND GHARBIA GOVERNORATES | ||||
| Journal of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences | ||||
| Article 2, Volume 31, Issue 6, June 2006, Page 3599-3614 PDF (4.05 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jaess.2006.156980 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| S. A. EI-Ghamrini; E. F. Mahmoud; B. A. Abdel-Rahman | ||||
| Agricultural Extension and Rural Development Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The main objective of this research was primarily to identify those agricultural extension methods used by each of governmental and non-governmental organizations in disseminating information to farmers concerning some post-harvest processes in some village of Munofia and Gharbia governorates. The studied processes compromised crop collection, dehydration treatment, storage in appropriate bags, storage in refrigerators, taking care of seeds after their storage (in burlap bags and refrigerators). Affiliated with the previously mentioned main objectives, there were some other objectives: (1) to identify knowledge level of farmers concerning the previously mentioned technical processes; (2) to determine different knowledge sources that playa role to farmers concerning the studied technical processes; (3) to determine relative importance to different agricultural extension methods used by each of governmental and non-governmental organizations in relation with the studied agricultural processes; and (4) to raise some suggestions, derived from the research findings, to policy-makers. The research was conducted during the period February-March, 2005, in some villages of Munofia and Gharbia government. Munofia and Gharbia governorates were selected purposively as they have been among the biggest Potatoes producers. Similarly, two districts were selected from each governorate (Ashmoun and Munof districts/Munofia Governorate, and Tanta and Kafrel-Ziat districts/Gharbia Governorate). A systematic random sample encompassed 200 potatoes farmers were drawn from eight villages (25 farmers each), based upon the official records available in the village agricultural cooperatives, (Munofia Governorate: villages of AI-Barania and Shama/Ashmoun District, Fisha EI-Kobra and Gezzi/Munof District; Gharbia Governorate: villages of Kafrel-Mansouria and Manial EI-Hoishat/Tanta District, and EI-Dalgamoun and Kelib Diar/Kafrel-Ziat District). A pre-tested written questionnaire and interpersonal interviews were used in collecting the research data, and thirteen obtained questionnaires were excluded for some technical reasons (the final sample size encompassed 187 farmers). Frequency tables, arithmetic mean, percentage, standard deviation, Spearman's rank correlation coefficient, and "t' test were used in analyzing the obtained research data. The research findings indicated that there was a significant difference between each of the governmental and non-governmental extension service in extension methods used in relation with the studied technical processes. Discussions, interpretations and suggestions were revealed and addressed. | ||||
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