Management of Maize farmers for Fall Armyworm in Luxor Governorate, Egypt

Diab, Ahmed M.; Ali Elramily, Mohamed Abdelaleem; Bakry, Moustafa Mohamed

doi:10.21608/asejaiqjsae.2022.218340

Management of Maize farmers for Fall Armyworm in Luxor Governorate, Egypt

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Department of Rural Sociology & Agricultural Extension, Faculty of Agriculture, New Valley University, Kharga, Egypt

² Agricultural Economics Department of, Fac. Of Agri., Benisuf Univ., Egypt

³ Plant protection Research Institute, A. R. V., dokki, Giza, Egypt

10.21608/asejaiqjsae.2022.218340

Abstract

The research aimed to: 1) identify level of respondents’ knowledge on fall armyworm (FAW), 2) identify level of respondents’ implementation of managing FAW, 3) determine factors associated with respondents’ level of knowledge and managing FAW, and 4) identify the role of agricultural extension to confront FAW from the respondents' viewpoints. Data were collected using the questionnaire form during November 2021 from a sample of 50 maize farmers in El-Kieman village, Esna district, Luxor Governorate, (the total number of Maize growers were 70 farmers). Central tendency measures, relative weight and Chai-square test were used for data analysis and presentation. Results of the study determined respondents’ level of knowledge about FAW (12 items) as well as levels of their implementation of to managing FAW (52 items). Results indicate that the relative weight of respondents’ level of knowledge FAW life cycle reached 73%, while the relative weight of respondents’ level of knowledge onFAW’s behavior and manifestations of the infection reached 79%, moreover, the relative weight of the total level of knowledge is 77%. Findings of the study showed the relative weights of the respondents’ levels of implementing FAW prevention practices, monitoring practices, and intervention practices reached 78%, 75% and 67%, respectively. Results also showed that relative wight of the total respondents’ level of implementing the FAW management practices reached 77%. Results revealed that there are 24 associative relationships out of atotal of 70 possible relationships between the studied independent variables and respondents’ levels of knowledge and implementation of FAW management practices.

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