EMBARAK, M., ELWAN, A. (2017). IMPLEMENTING SUGAR CANE FARMERS FOR THE IRRIGATION RATIONAL PRACTICES IN SOME VILLAGES OF MINIA GOVERNORATE. Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 95(3), 1483-1501. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2017.150316
MOHAMED ABD . EMBARAK; ALI M. ELWAN. "IMPLEMENTING SUGAR CANE FARMERS FOR THE IRRIGATION RATIONAL PRACTICES IN SOME VILLAGES OF MINIA GOVERNORATE". Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 95, 3, 2017, 1483-1501. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2017.150316
EMBARAK, M., ELWAN, A. (2017). 'IMPLEMENTING SUGAR CANE FARMERS FOR THE IRRIGATION RATIONAL PRACTICES IN SOME VILLAGES OF MINIA GOVERNORATE', Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 95(3), pp. 1483-1501. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2017.150316
EMBARAK, M., ELWAN, A. IMPLEMENTING SUGAR CANE FARMERS FOR THE IRRIGATION RATIONAL PRACTICES IN SOME VILLAGES OF MINIA GOVERNORATE. Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 2017; 95(3): 1483-1501. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2017.150316
IMPLEMENTING SUGAR CANE FARMERS FOR THE IRRIGATION RATIONAL PRACTICES IN SOME VILLAGES OF MINIA GOVERNORATE
1Agricultural Extension and Rural Development Research Inst, ARC, Giza, Egypt
2Sugar Crops Research Inst, ARC, Giza, Egypt
Abstract
this research aimed at determining the level of sugar cane farmers’ implementation concerning rationalizing the irrigation water, and determining the relationship between the respondent farmers degrees of the implemented practices and some studied independents variables, as well as identifying the farmers' opinions concerning the agricultural extension efforts to create their awareness related their practices and the obstacles facing farmers during the implementation. This research was conducted in Minia Governorate by choosing three major districts according to the cultivated area with sugar cane. One village is chosen from each centre according to the same criteria.The population consisted of criteria 2400 farmers, a sample of 192 farmers was taken to present 8% of the total population. The sample was distributed on the villages as follows: 96 in Mahras Village in Mallawi, 66 farmers in Tanouf Village in Dermawas, and 30 Farmers in Saqia Musa in Abu Qurqas. The farmers respondents were chosen randomly and regularly from the records of sugar cane farmers of 2016 of agricultural cooperative associations in the selected villages. Data were collected by interviewing with respondents of sugar cane farmers through a questionnaire form in March 2017 and analyzed by SPSS program. Different statistical tools were used including Person simple correlation coefficient, Chi square test, weighted mean and percentages.The most important results of the research were as follows: 1-The level of sugar cane farmers’ implementation concerning the rationalizing practices of the irrigation water was moderate. 2-There was a relationship between the degree of implementation of irrigation water rationalizing practices and variables of: education years, experience years in sugar cane farming, the membership of organizations, informal social participation. 3-The most important constraints facing the sugar cane farmers on implementing practices of rationalizing irrigation water were as follows: lack of new varieties or species which to tolerate water stress shortage of agricultural extension efforts regarding irrigation rational practices of sugar cane.
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