Knowledge and implementation of citrus growers concern recommendations reducing harmful impacts of pesticides in Al-Bustan region, Nubaria, Beheira Governorate
Assy, S., Zayed, M., Hammad, M., Abdel-Halim, K. (2022). Knowledge and implementation of citrus growers concern recommendations reducing harmful impacts of pesticides in Al-Bustan region, Nubaria, Beheira Governorate. EKB Journal Management System, 26(2), 1-34. doi: 10.21608/mgiz.2022.299557
Shereen Mohamed Mahmoud Assy; Mohamed El Sayed Ahmed Zayed; Mostafa Abdel Sattar Hammad; Khaled Yassin Abdel-Halim. "Knowledge and implementation of citrus growers concern recommendations reducing harmful impacts of pesticides in Al-Bustan region, Nubaria, Beheira Governorate". EKB Journal Management System, 26, 2, 2022, 1-34. doi: 10.21608/mgiz.2022.299557
Assy, S., Zayed, M., Hammad, M., Abdel-Halim, K. (2022). 'Knowledge and implementation of citrus growers concern recommendations reducing harmful impacts of pesticides in Al-Bustan region, Nubaria, Beheira Governorate', EKB Journal Management System, 26(2), pp. 1-34. doi: 10.21608/mgiz.2022.299557
Assy, S., Zayed, M., Hammad, M., Abdel-Halim, K. Knowledge and implementation of citrus growers concern recommendations reducing harmful impacts of pesticides in Al-Bustan region, Nubaria, Beheira Governorate. EKB Journal Management System, 2022; 26(2): 1-34. doi: 10.21608/mgiz.2022.299557

Knowledge and implementation of citrus growers concern recommendations reducing harmful impacts of pesticides in Al-Bustan region, Nubaria, Beheira Governorate

مجلة الجمعية العلمية للإرشاد الزراعي
Volume 26, Issue 2 - Serial Number 1, April 2022, Page 1-34  XML PDF (633.86 K)
Document Type: بحوث علمية
DOI: 10.21608/mgiz.2022.299557
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Authors
Shereen Mohamed Mahmoud Assy* 1; Mohamed El Sayed Ahmed Zayed1; Mostafa Abdel Sattar Hammad2; Khaled Yassin Abdel-Halim3
1Agricultural Extension and Rural Development Research Institute- Agricultural Research Center
22Agricultural Pesticides Committee (APC) - MALR- Egypt
33Central Agricultural Pesticides Laboratory (CAPL)- Agricultural Research Center (ARC)
Abstract
The study aimed to identify knowledge and implementation levels of citrus growers concern recommendations to reduce the harmful effects of pesticides, and determine the relationship between each of degree of their knowledge and implementation as dependent variables with some studied independent variables.
This study was conducted in three agricultural co-operatives that commonly cultivate citrus fruits.
 Sample size of respondents (256), were subjected to questionnaire through personal interviews during autumn 2019, and data were analyzed by using the Social Sciences Statistical Package (SPSS).
The results showed that, 59.0% of the respondents have moderate level of knowledge and 58.6% of them were of moderate levels of implementation for the recommendations to reduce adverse impact of pesticides. Furthermore, 50.0% of them have moderate level of agricultural experience, and 35.6% of them have moderate level of experience in pesticides practice. Positive relationship at 0.01 level was found between each of the degree of knowledge and implementation of the respondents and each of  respondents' age, education, agricultural experience, experience in pesticides practice, landholding, productivity average of citrus crop, the purpose of citrus cultivation, agricultural training courses, training courses in pesticide practices, the degree of formal social participation, and the degree of benefit from information sources.
 
Keywords
implementation; citrus growers; pesticides; Al-Bustan region; Beheira Governorate
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