Knowledge Factors affecting farmers’ knowledge Guiding recommendations for banana crop production at Sidi Salem and Riyadh Districts in Kafr El-Sheikh Govemorate

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Economic agricultural Dept. Fac. of Agri. Kafrelsheikh Uni.

2 جامعة کفر الشيخ - کلية الزراعة- قسم الإقتصاد الزراعي - شعبة الإرشاد الزراعي

3 قسم الاقتصاد الزراعى- فرع الارشاد الزراعى-كلية الزراعة جامعة كفر الشيخ

Abstract

The research mainly aimed to identify the factors affecting the knowledge of farmers, the guiding recommendations for the production of the banana crop in the district of Sidi Salem and Riyadh, Kafr El-Sheikh governorate. Sidi Salem, and the village of Al-Dhagha in the center of Riyadh, on a sample of 201 respondents, and the data necessary to achieve the objectives of the research were met using a questionnaire form by personal interview. Banana yield to banana crop, and the studied independent variables, whose correlation was proven to be significant, are linked together with the respondents’ knowledge of the guiding recommendations for the production of banana crop with a multiple correlation coefficient of 0.476, which is a significant value at the probabilistic level of 0.01 based on the calculated (F) value, which amounted to 4.592 The results also indicated that the independent variables together explain about 23% of the discrepancy in the knowledge of the farmers surveyed to recommend recommendations. Indicative data for banana crop production based on the value of the coefficient of determination R2, which amounted to 0.227

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