THE BEHAVIORAL ASPECTS OF FARMERS RELATED TO RATIONALIZATION SYSTEMS OF IRRIGATION WATER USE IN QENA | ||||
| Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development | ||||
| Article 15, Volume 28, Issue 2, July 2014, Page 17-36 PDF (728.02 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Research articles. | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/fjard.2014.193710 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| T,M, Abou El-Atta; Amal Ismail Saad; Aml M Gomaa | ||||
| Agricultural Extension and Rural Development Researches Institute Agricultural Researches Center, | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| This study aimed at: determining the behavioral aspects of farmers related to rationalization systems of irrigation water use through determining the knowledge of the respondent farmers for the rationalization systems of irrigation water use, and the practices of the respondents for rationalization systems of irrigation water use in their fields,Also, the attitudes of the respondents, Towards rationalization systems of irrigation water use,, determining the respondents' problems while applying rationalization practices of irrigation water use, This research was conducted in Qena Governorate, three districts were chosen according to the planted area of field and horticultural crops,They are Qena,Deshna,Abo Tesht and,The sample was determined according to Kregciea and Morgan formula , The sample was chosen randomly in the season of 2013/2014 in these three villages It amounted 360 respondents representing 6,4% of the total amounted 5625respondents,The sample was distributed in the research villages as follows:128 respondents in Dndara, 99 respondents in Abo Diab Shark , 133 respondents in Samhood,Personal interview with a questionnaire was used as a tool for collecting data ,Data were collected during March 2014 and they were presented using frequencies, percentages and averages, The results of the study were as follows: -The average of degrees means related to respondents' knowledge for rationalization systems of irrigation water use was 1,65 degree representing 55%, This means that farmers' knowledge degrees were moderate, - The average of degrees means of respondents' practices for rationalization systems of irrigation water use was 1,60 degree representing 53,3%, This means that farmers' practices degrees were moderate, -The percentage of farmers who were against rationalization systems of irrigation water use was 15,8% from the total sample, Also, the percentage of the sample which had neutral attitudes towards rationalization systems of irrigation water use was 56,4% ,While the percentage of the sample which had agreeable attitude was 27,8%, - The problems ,which faced the respondents while applying the practices of rationalization systems of irrigation water use, were divided into: farmers' problems as follows; the shortage of canals water ,the high cost of using fuel in irrigation machines , throwing wastes in canals, irregular irrigation times, unfair of distribution irrigation water ,infecting canals and main drains, the cost of using laser, the absence of reaching water at the end, unavailability of loans to get irrigation machines, the absence of maintaining cover drains, the damage of main canals bridges, insufficiency of knowledge for rationalization practices of irrigation water use, Other problems concerning extension activities ,were as follows; the absence of extension forums or meetings in the field of irrigation water rationalization, the absence of presenting T,V programs concerning rationalizing the use of irrigation water, unavailability of extension pamphlets, unawareness of rationalization systems of irrigation water use, the absence of doing any water extension activity, unawareness of modern irrigation systems and the absence of specialized guides in rationalizing irrigation water use. | ||||
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