Narrative knowledge of farmers in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate

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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 level of irrigation knowledge of farmers in Kafr El-Sheikh governorate, and a center was chosen at random from the ten administrative centers affiliated to Kafr El-Sheikh governorate. Researched, and the data necessary to achieve the objectives of the research were completed using a personal interview questionnaire, after the form was prepared and initially tested in other than the research villages. Frequencies, percentages, arithmetic averages, standard deviation, simple correlation coefficient, multiple correlation coefficient, and partial regression coefficient were used. And the multiple and gradual regression analysis model, and the most important results were as follows: that about 72% of the total farmers surveyed were low and medium irrigation knowledge, and that the independent variables included in the study combined are associated with the irrigation knowledge of the farmers surveyed with a multiple correlation coefficient of 0.557, and it has been proven that this relationship is significant At the probabilistic level of 0.01, based on the calculated “P” value of 10,887, as indicated by the The results indicate that the independent variables together explain 31% of the variance in the irrigation knowledge of the farmers surveyed based on the value of (R2).

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