Study Some of Associated Factors towards Farmers Attitude against Agricultural Extension in Lahij Governorate of the Republic of Yemen

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Farmers attitude against agricultural extension is represents one of the most influential variablesto accept programs and efforts against farmers and other rural community. The research aims to measure farmers attitude against agricultural extension, and to identify the nature of the relationship between farmers attitude, agricultural extension and some characteristics of personal, as well as identify the most important problems facing them and proposals to solve.
Field data collected during March and April 2016 from Hota, Tor al-Baha, and Almsimir Directorates, by personal interview to (150) respondents random sample of farmers in research area, using a personal questionnaireaccording to research objectives after pretested and make the necessary adjustments required. It has been useda number of statistical methods appropriate to the nature of data collected and the goals of the study. Where they used the percentages, duplicates, arithmetic average, consistency factors and Pearson correlation factors in order topresent and analyze the data
Following the summary of the most important finding.
-    The attitude of respondents according to agricultural extension attempt to negative, because of most of them located in between negative and neutral attitude against agricultural extension in percentage (72.3%) and (16.9%), respectively.
-    There is a statistically significant correlation between respondents attitude towards agricultural extension and: marital status, educational status, official social participation, and profession of respondents.
-    The major problems faced farmers during agricultural extension services were: not to findsolutionsof agricultural problemsfacingrespondents, not to transfer their problems to the authorities, and failure to provide farmers by agricultural inputs in both suitable prices and quality and also in appropriate time.
-    The results showed that the most proposed solutions of respondents  are: providing farmers by simplified solutions according to their problems, present services and materials to farmers in appropriate prices, quality and quantity, help farmers in marketing issues.

 
 

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