THE LEADING ROLE OF FIELD DEMONSTRATION'S FARMERS IN SOHAG GOVERNORATE | ||||
| Journal of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences | ||||
| Article 1, Volume 29, Issue 7, July 2004, Page 4021-4033 PDF (3.12 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jaess.2004.209770 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| A. M. M.M. EI-Katateney, | ||||
| Rural Development Research Institute, ARC | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The field demonstrations as an effective agricultural extension method, and the importance of farmer's field demonstrations leader role has increased The extension system has had to adjust this role and activate it in different educational situations to meet the different target groups' needs. The field demonstrations provide an opportunity for learning-by- doing, and based on principles of non-formal education., farmer's field demonstrations leader facilitates the learning process, encouraging and aiding the other farmers to adopt new ideas and practices properly adapted to their needs through self-discovery activities practiced in the demonstration field. The field demonstrations is presently operational in all governorates in delta and upper Egypt, attempt was mad in deferent researches to identify the educational effects of field demonstrations, these previous researches did not extend its scoop to identify farmer's field demonstrations leader role. The extent of implementing field demonstrations increased the need to conduct this research to identify the leader role of farmer's field demonstrations in Sohag Governorate. The research was conducted in Sohag governorate, random sample of 80 cultivators of field demonstrations drawn by a systematic random sample procedure from 132 in the list of cultivators field demonstrations. Data was collected, in May 12004, through a developed questionnaire, through in an interviewing each respondent from cultivator's field demonstrations. | ||||
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