The Advantages and Disadvantages of Cancelation the Application of Crop Rotation from View of Farmers in Beheira Governorate | ||||
| Alexandria Science Exchange Journal | ||||
| Article 20, Volume 33, October-December - Serial Number 4, October 2012, Page 334-342 PDF (2.34 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/asejaiqjsae.2012.159383 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Gamal Hussein Amer; Nagwa Fouad Khattab | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The main objective of this study is advantages and disadvantages of canceling the application of crop rotation in Beheira governorate, and that to achieve a balance between the wishes of farmers and captivity of having freedom in production different crop and the planning ministry of agriculture to ensure the provision of main crops as cotton, wheat, rice, corn and support Egypt economy without losing the farmers right in achieve a satisfied standard of living through the following sub-objective: Identifying of the agricultural production style for farmer group discussion. Identifying the advantages and disadvantages of canceling the application the crop rotation from a view of farmer group discussion. Specifying the attitudes of farmer group discussion towards application of crop rotation. Data were collected by using simple observation personal and group interviews, by using a questionnaire to interview (16) farmer group in four research centers, results revealed the following: first: the farmer changed the agricultural production style from production strategic crops to produce fruit, vegetable, and medicinal and aromatic plants, that because of the high cost agricultural, length of stay strategic crop in the land, second: the advantages and disadvantages of cancelation the application of crop rotation. 1- The advantages: the farmers be free to cultivate any crops, fare from controls of the government in the price, fill some needs home to the farmers. 2- Disadvantage: the spread of agricultural insect, pests and diseases, and difficult to overcome, the high cost of pest control, high level water table, land agriculture operations performance difficulty, excessive use of fertilize and pesticides, the appearance of monopolists dealers monopolists. Third: the attitudes of the farmers groups discussion to wards the importance of the application of crop rotation, the percentage of the farmers of positive attitude (62.5%) while the percentage of those with less positive approaches were (18.75%). Several proboscises to resolve the problem have been evaluated: activating the role of agricultural extension system, activating role of the ministry of agriculture through a series of actions, restart a long staple cotton factories in the Egypt, focusing on the role of media in educating farmers the importance and advantages of application the crop rotation. | ||||
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