THE EXTENSION NEEDS OF BENEFICIARIES FARMERS CULTIVATING WHEAT IN SANDY SOIL IN EL BOUSTAN AREA, EL NOUBARIA REGION

The main objective of this research was to determine the exten‌sion needs for wheat cultivators in El Boustan area , Ei Noubaria region. The relationships between the dependent variable farmers exten‌sion Identify needs and some other independent variables namely: Age, educational level, level of aspiration toward children in edu-cation, exposure to mass media, general awareness, opinion leadership, average wheat income and size shred. The study is based on personal in-terview questionnaire and covers three villages at El Boustan area. The sample was randomly selected and represented 15% of the total wheat farmers. Frequency, percentages, averages, and simple correlation coef-ficient are used to analyze data statistically. The main results could be summarized as follows: There were significant relationships between extension needs as a dependent variable and cducation level, level of aspiration toward chil‌dren in education, exposure to mass media, general awareness opinion leadership, and average of wheat income. There were no significant rela-tionship between extension needs as a dependent variable and four inde-pendent variables namely: age, family size, social participation, and size of herd.