Application of Breeders to Technical Recommendations in The Field of Raising and Caring for Sheep in Some Villages of Behira Governorate

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Agricultural Extension and Rural Development Research Institute- Agricultural Research Center

2 Agricultural Extension and Rural Development Research Institute - Agricultural Research Center

Abstract

The research aimed to identifying the level of application of the breeders to the technical recommendations in the field of raising and caring sheep in the Behira Governorate. The largest center in the field of sheep breeding and caring was selected in Wadi al-Natroun. The center contains four main villages; the number of breeders in the four villages was 690. The data were collected using the personal interview and used frequencies, percentages, means, and alpha coefficient .The main results were: About 68.16% of the respondents were medium application of technical recommendations in the field of sheep breeding and caring. Respondents resort to eleven sources to obtain information about sheep breeding and caring and there are four sources that have an advanced ranking were personal experience (90.6%), other breeders (76.1%), neighbors and relatives (73.9%) and the veterinary unit (70.3%). There were 16 obstacles faced by sheep breeders, the main obstacles facing them were the increase in the prices of concentrated feeds (73.2%), the increase in the rental value of agricultural land (69.6%) and the high costs of veterinary treatment (64.5%). Respondents need some extension services and the most needed services are the regular follow-up of sheep (82.6%), providing cheap feed concentrates (81.9%), and continuing awareness of the most important recommendations in the field of sheep breeding (75.4%).

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