Knowledge and Implementation by Farmers of Agricultural Advisory Recommendations in the Field of Animal Production in some Villages of Ashmoun Destrict in Menoufia Governorate

This research aimed at determining the level of availability of services provided by agricultural research and extension agencies in the field of animal production in the study area, determining the level of availability of animal production requirements, determining the frequency of respondents to change agents in the study area, and determining the level of the respondents ’knowledge of technical advisory recommendations in some areas of animal production studied. These are: the field of raising farm animals, the field of feeding and caring for farm animals, determining the level of respondents 'application of technical advisory recommendations in these studied areas, determining the significance of the relationship between the independent variables studied, and the level of respondents' application of technical advisory recommendations in some areas of animal production studied, and identification On the problems facing the researchers in the field of animal production, and their proposals to overcome them.
This research was conducted on 120 randomly selected respondents by 10% of the total of 1,200 respondents, representing the number of holders of the villages of Al-Na'naih, Barashim, and Kafr Aoun, which are administratively affiliated with the Ashmoun Center in Menoufia Governorate. The research data were collected in September and October 2020, using A questionnaire form prepared for this purpose, and used to display and statistically analyze data, percentages, tabular presentation by frequency, simple correlation coefficient of Pearson, ki square, mode, and weighted average, using the statistical packages for Social Sciences Statistics. SPSS
It was found that the age pattern of the respondents came in the age group (35 - less than 46 years), and their rate was 51.7%. And that more than half of the respondents (54.1%) have an intermediate and higher qualification, more than two-thirds of the respondents (67.5%) have an above average level of experience in animal production, and that nearly three quarters of the respondents (69.2%) fall into The category of the low level in terms of the degree of participation in extension activities, and that the vast majority of respondents (81.7%) fall into the small category of the size of the animal holding, and that nearly three quarters of the respondents (73.3%) fall into the category of low exposure to information sources in the field of production Animal.
The most important results were as follows:
 It was also found that (43.3%) of the respondents believe that the level of availability of animal production requirements in the study area is average, and that the vast majority of respondents (94.2%) believe that the level of availability of services provided by research and extension agencies is low, and that nearly three quarters of the respondents (74.2%) their frequency of change agents is low, and that the majority of the respondents fall into the category of knowledge level above average according to the recommended technical advisory recommendations in each of the fields of breeding, feeding, and caring for farm animals, at rates of 87.5%, 74.2%, and 65% Respectively. It was also found that the majority of them fall in the category of the level of application above average for the recommended technical indicative recommendations in the fields of breeding, feeding and caring for farm animals, with rates of 69.2%, 65% and 64.2%, respectively.
It was also found that there is a significant direct relationship between the degree of the respondents' application of the technical advisory recommendations in the three areas of animal production studied, and between some independent variables studied for the respondents, which are: the number of years of experience in raising farm animals, the size of the animal possession, the degree of participation in extension and veterinary activities, the degree of exposure to sources Information in the field of animal production. The research ended with a set of recommendations, which may be used in improving animal production in the study area.