Adoption of Some Ideas and Techniques Related of Conservation of Irrigation Water Between Farmers in Villages Ebiar and Segin El-koom in Gharbia governorate

Document Type : Original Article

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Lecturer, Department of Education - Extension, Faculty of Agriculture - Alexandria University

Abstract

The study is mainly aiming to study Adoption of some Ideas and techniques Related of Conservation of Irrigation Water Between Farmers in Villages Ebiar and Segin El-koom in Gharbia governorate, this will be achieved through the following objectives:

Studying some characteristics of the researched farmers.
studying farmers perception of threats related of conservation of irrigation water.
studying farmers adoption of some ideas and techniques related of conservation of irrigation water.
identifying the variables Affecting with farmers perception of threats related of conservation of irrigation water.
identifying the variables Affecting with farmers adoption of some ideas and techniques related of conservation of irrigation water.

Data was collected using a questionnaire through personal interview for a random sample of 150 farmers in Villages Ebiar and Segin El-koom in Gharbia governorate, the study used number of statistical methods including percentages, means, frequencies, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, simple correlation, and multiple regression analysis.
The most important results are summarized as follows:
About (21.3%) of the variance in farmers perception of threats related of conservation of irrigation water can be explained by (3) independent variables "attitude Towards agricultural extension (15.9%), Opinion leadership (3.2%), and Educational level (2.2%).
About (55%) of the variance in farmers adoption of some ideas related of conservation of irrigation water can be explained by (6) independent variables "farmers perception of threats related of conservation of irrigation water (39%), attitude Towards agricultural extension (6.7%), Dispersion of agricultural land tenure (2.9%), Number of Family Members (2.7%), agricultural land tenure (2.2%), and agriculture information sources (1.5%)".

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