Document Type : Research articles.
Author
Agricultural Extension & Rural Development, Faculty OF Agriculture, Omar abn Alkhtab University, LIBIA
Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of agricultural
extension in the area of Vegetables crop production to determine the
relationship between the degree of Vegetables as a dependent variable and
some independent studied variables, to detect the differences between the
degrees of Vegetables in each of the studied regions, for identifying the
problems which facing Vegetables growers in the area of production, as well
as to identify their suggestions to overcome these problems.
The study was conducted in Elbeid and Alhenya regions as the largest
regions of areas cultivated with Vegetables crop. Data were collected through
personal interview using a questionnaire from 358 respondents in the studied
areas. Frequencies, percentages, means, standard deviation, Pearson simple
correlation coefficient, t test, were used in the presentation and data analysis.
The most important findings could be summarized as follows:
1- Obtained results showed that 8.4% of the respondents had a low level of
knowledge of the studied recommendations, 65.5% were medium, while
26.1% were high.
2- The results revealed that 82.7% of the respondents had low sources of
knowledge of the studied recommendations, 4.2% were medium, while
13.1% had good sources of knowledge.
3- The results showed that 8.4% of the respondents had alow level of
implementation of the studied recommendations, 76.3% were medium,
while 15.3% were high.
4- Obtained results showed that 44.7% of the respondents had a low level of
benefit from studied recommendations, 51.1% were medium, while 4.3%
had high benefit from implementation of the studied recommendations.
5- The results revealed that 13.7% of respondents believed that the extension
has low effectiveness in the production of vegetables, 72.4% medium,
while 13.9% high effectiveness.
6- There was significant relationship at the level 0.01 between the degree of
vegetables and each of the following: degree education, average vegetables
productivity, degree of communication with the change agents, degree of
leadership, and degree of the attitude towards extension activities, and the
relationship was significant at the level 0.05 with the area of agricultural
holdings.
7- There was significant difference between the degrees of Vegetables crop < br />production in both of Elbeid and Alhenya regions. The calculated t value
was 3.072 which is more than tabular t value at the level 0.01.
8- The results showed that the most important problems facing Vegetables
crop production farmer were: low productivity per hectare, spread of
diseases and insects, high prices of seedlings, the difficulty to serve good
seedlings, not to follow the agricultural cycle.
9- The main suggestions of the respondents to overcome these problems are: to
provide the elements of agricultural production at inexpensive prices,
follow the agricultural cycle, good service of the crop, spraying sulfur to
reduce pesticide use, and limiting the use of fertilizers and pesticides.
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