Farmers’ Motivation of Harmful Birds Control, to Cereal Crops at Some Villages Kom Hamada District Elbehira Governorate

This study aims mainly at identifying farmers’ motivation of birds control, harmful to cereal crops.
This entails fulfilling the following objectives:
1- Studying the distinctive features of the respondents.
2-measuring farmers’ motivation toward combating harmful birds.
3-Studying both correlational and regressional relationship between the independent variables and farmers’ motives to combat harmful birds.
4-Studying both correlational and regressional relationship between farmers’ motivations to combat harmful birds and their implementation of recommendations to combat harmful birds
A questionnaire was designed and administered at a random sample consists of 130 respondents who represent 14.4% of the total population of cereal crops growers at the three selected villages. Perantages,
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
averages, standard deviation, simple correlation coefficient, and multiple regression coefficients analysis are used in data statistical treatment via SPSS.
Results indicate that categories' of law and moderate motives in combating harmful birds represent 70.8% of the total sample. In addition three independent variables explain 11.2% of variance in farmers' motivation to combat harmful birds to cereal crops, namely, the respondent’ level of education, occupation and number of family members.
Results show also that farmers’ motivation to combat harmful birds to cereal crops are responsible for interpreting 59.4% of variance in levels of implementing recommendations deemed necessary for combating harmful birds. The study concluded the need for development agricultural extension program which should be geard toward stimulating farmers’ motivations against harmful birds to cereal crops.