Youth Graduates Agricultural Extension Knowledge Needs in Arachis Hypogeal Peanuts Producing and Handling in Boston Area, Beheira Governorate

This research aims to determine youth graduates knowledge needs level in Arachis hypogeal peanut producing and handling recommendations, determine the relationship between their knowledge need in Arachis hypogeal peanuts producing and handling recommendations and some independent variables, determine the restricts facing respondents concerning the crop producing and marketing, and their suggestions to overcome them. Data were collected from a random sample amounted to 154 respondents according to"Krejeci and Morgan" from Abd EL-Menem Reyad, Ahmed Ramy and EL-Sheikh Mohamed Refat villages , using a pretested questionnaire in Mars 2007.
Frequencies percentages, means, standard deviation, C.V.%,simple correlation, and chi square were used to present and analyze data statistically.
The main results of the research are:
- 64.9%, and 22.1% of the respondents with moderate and high need level of knowledge respectively concerning crop producing and handling recomm- endations.
- 63.6%,70.1%,and 66.2% of the respondents with moderate need level of knowledge concerning crop growing, pest management, and crop handling recommendations respectively, and 22.1%,19.5%, and 20.8% of the respondents with high need level of knowledge concerning crop growing, pest management and crop handling recommendations respectively.
There is a significant negative correlation between degree of respondents' expouser to crop extension knowledge sources, and experience in crop growing as independent variables and degree of respondents' need of knowledge concerning crop producing and handling as a dependent variable
- There is a significant relationship between level of crop return and educational qualification quality as an independent variables and respondents need level of knowledge concerning crop producing and handling as a dependent variable.
The most important restricts facing respondents in Arachis hypogeal peanuts producing and marketing are: high price of seeds (74.7%), high price of animal wastes (72.1%) instability of crop price during harvest season (66.9%), non cooperative marketing of crop (60.0%), low level of crop return comparing with other crops (57.1%), high cost of production inputs (57.1%), shortage of agricultural extension efforts (56.5%),and high ratio of commission in marketing the crop (50.0%).
The respondents' suggestions to overcome these restricts are: Offering good seeds with a suitable price (82.5%), using drill in planting process (62.3%), cooperation marketing of the crop (61.0%), suitable price of production inputs (56.5%), offering marketing informations about the crop (48.7%), and regular visits of agricultural extension worker to crop fields (42.9%).Some important suggestions were mentioned to help respondents in Arachis hypogeal peanuts producing and marketing.