Importance of Some of Development of Farmer's Participation Methods in Activities of Agricultural Extension from Point of View of Extension Agents in Assiut Governorate

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The research was mainly to identify the importance of some of the methods for the development of the participation of farmers in the extension activities, and to determine the correlation relationships between those methods and between both independent variables and the extent of the participation of farmers in some the extension activities, as well as to determine differences between the means of these methods. The study followed the descriptive analytical approach and to achieve its goals.                                                                            
The most comprehensive research in all agricultural extension agents' villages of ofgovernorate Assiut, and the total of population 216. Has reached the size of the sample (108) guide agriculturally 50% of the total population, and collected data through Collective interview corresponding to the respondents by a questionnaire prepared for this purpose, and adopted in the analysis of data on the mean, weighted mean, the critical ratio, and percentages, frequencies, the coefficient of the simple Pearson correlation, and the coefficient of the Spearman rank correlation.                                                                                                                  
Important results that reached as follows: The most 77.77% of th respondents aged 50- 60 years, and 41.66% more as it turns out that form farmers in the extension activities were attendees only 42.59% and the highest level of participation it by 61.11%.                                                                                                               
As it turns out that of seminars of less than 10 times is the most fulfillment for 53.7% of the respondents. Followed office visits for 48.15% less than 50 times. While the lowest implementation of the activity of simplification practical of 12, 04% it turns out that the highest post of participation in the extension activities were in the field visits 42.59% and the lowest participation field day at 8.33%.                                      
The results showed that the most important development activities, respectively: extension agents, Organizational and coordination, follow-up and development, farmers, participate as a value.The results also showed correlation relations significance at a level of 0.01 between these methods, between my lectures, simplification practical and seminars indicative. Except agricultural extension agents was significant at the level of 0.05. Also show a correlation relations significant at a level of 0, 05 between the methods of agricultural extension agents and the number of training courses in agriculture, and also between organizational coordination method and the number of training courses in extension and form farmers, as well as between agriculture methods and form of participation, as well as between the methods of participation as a value between work period in agricultural extension and the number of training by courses.Finally, among the total of methods and between form farmers. The results showed there were no significant differences at the level of 0.01 between the mean methods extension agents and Organizational coordination.

 
 

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