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The knowledge level of Rice farmers regarding he technical recommendations of Rice crop and lts relationships with average productivity in some villages of Beheira, Kafr el-sheikh and Dakahlia governorates
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مستوى معرفة زراع الأرز بالتوصيات الفنية لمحصول الأرز وعلاقته بمتوسط إنتاجية الفدان فى بعض قرى محافظات البحيرة وكفر الشيخ والدقهلية
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| Abstract |
The objectives of this study were to: (1) Determine the differences between knowledge levels of respondent Rice farmers having high, moderate and low productivity regarding Rice recommended practices. (2) Determine the independent variables that affect the average of Rice productivity per feddan.
(3) Recognize the constraints of Rice production from respondents points of view. (4) Recognize the respondents' recommendations to overcome these constraints.
The study was carried out in Beheira, Kafr-El-Shiekh and Dakahlia governorates for having the largest cultivated area of Rice crop in Egypt. three districts were chosen in each governorate to represent the high, moderate and low productivity levels based on the general average of Rice productivity in that governorate. One village was chosen from each district to represent the general average of Rice productivity in that district. A systematic random sample amounted 297 respondents was selected from nine villages in the selected nine districts. The total sample was classified to three groups as follows: 77, 110, 110 respondents represented the high, moderate and low productivity levels respectively. The data were collected by personal interviews using a pretested questionnaire during November and the first half of December 1992. ANOVA test and "F" ratio, Simple Correlation coefficient and Step-Wise analysis (A Multiple Regression and Correlation Model) were used for analyzing data statistically.
The main results of the study revealed that:
1- There were significant differences at 0.01 level between knowledge degree averages of the three groups of respondents regarding sowing nurseries at the suitable time and chemical weed control in the permanent field. The differences were significant at 0.05 level between their knowledge degree averages related to preparing seeds for the nursery, chemical weed control in the nursery, transplanting the permanent field, irrigation and drainage control in the permanent field and stem borers control.
2. The knowledge level of the respondent three groups was considered high regarding sowing nurseries at the suitable time, stem borers control and blast disease control. This level was moderate related to preparing nursery soil, preparing seeds for the nursery, preparing nursery land for sowing, chemical weed control in the nursery and harvesting, This level was relatively low for the rest of Rice recommended practices.
3. From multiple regression - correlation analyses, five variables significantly affected the average yield of Rice per feddan for respondent farmers in the three governorates by (61.86%). They were the degree of satisfaction regarding economic return, the degree of irrigation water availability, the degree of soil fertility, the degree of attitude toward change and the degree of respondent's education. These five variables must he considered in dealing with Rice farmers in the future for helping them to continuously improve their Rice productivity.
4. The main constraints facing Rice production were mentioned from the three groups of respondents points of view as follows: high prices of chemical fertilizers, high prices of pesticides, widespread of stem borers infection, had drainage status, high prices of seeds and high costs of mechanical harvesting.
Based on the results of this study, an extension program should he developed to increase moderate and low levels of Rice farmers knowledge regarding the recommended practices of Rice crop. "I his will help farmers to increase their Rice yields in the coming seasons.
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| Publication year |
1994
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| Pages |
24
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| Availability location |
Agricultural Extension And Rural Development Research Institute Library – agricultural Research Center – 8, Cairo University St., - Egypt
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| Availability number |
196
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Agricultural Extension & Rural Development Research Institute (AERDRI)
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Egypt
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Giza
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Agricultural Research Centre – Egypt
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Bulletin of Agricultural Extension and Rural development Research Institute
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Extension Programs Research Department
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| Agris Categories |
Extension
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| Proposed Agrovoc |
extension needs;
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| Publication Type |
Journal
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