FARMERS NEED OF AN EXTENSION PROGRAM TO RATIONALIZE IRRIGATION WATER AND MANAGE NEW IRRIGATION SYSTEMS IN “DARB AL-ARBE’EN” PROJECT, AL-WADY AL-GADID GOVERNORATE

Moustafa Muawad, M.M

doi:10.21608/ajs.2006.15274

FARMERS NEED OF AN EXTENSION PROGRAM TO RATIONALIZE IRRIGATION WATER AND MANAGE NEW IRRIGATION SYSTEMS IN “DARB AL-ARBE’EN” PROJECT, AL-WADY AL-GADID GOVERNORATE

Document Type : Original Article

Author

M.M Moustafa Muawad

Agriculture Extension Rural Sociology and Agriculture Extension Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Shoubra El-Kheima, Cairo.

10.21608/ajs.2006.15274

Abstract

The study aimed at identifying both knowledge and skill levels of farmers in regard of technical recommendations of rationalizing irrigation water use and its various management systems, determine the deficit in their knowledge and skills degree in that regard as a step to propose an extension program that hope to remedy this gap. The study was conducted in Al-Wady Al-Gadid governorate on beneficiaries of “Darb Al-Arbe’en” project, with a random sample of 160 represent about 25% of total beneficiaries (640). Data were collected through a personal interview questionnaire during (August-September) 2005, and the following statistics were used: frequencies, percentages, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, simple correlation coefficients, F test and multiple regression analysis (Stepwise).