Favorite Extension Methods for the Farmers to Combat Red Palm Weevil in El-Burullus and Motobas Districts in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate

This research aims mainly to identify the favorite extension methods for the farmers to control red palm weevil in El- Burullus and Motobas districts in Kafrelsheikh governorate, through the following sub-objectives: 1- Identifying the favorite extension methods to communicate the combat red palm weevil' educational extension messages of point-viewing of respondents farmers. 2- Determining the respondents farmers reasons of preferring exact extension method to communicate the combat red palm weevil' educational extension messages. 3- Determining the respondents farmers reasons of non preferring exact extension method to communicate the combat red palm weevil' educational extension messages..To achieve this objectives it was drawn a random sample amounted to 351 respondents farmers by a Krejcie and Morgan equation, and   research population amounted to 3595 dates palm farmers, through selected 240 respondents in El- Burullus district and 111 respondents in Motobas district. The data were collected by personal interview through developed questionnaire during the month of October 2016. The most important results were as follows: )1( Field visits method was in first ranking of the Favorite Extension methods for the farmers to combat red palm weevil in research area, followed by agricultural extension meetings, demonstration by practicing; demonstration by result showing, extension fields, mobile phone; television agricultural programs, office visits, and home visits in perceptively, and in the last ranking were agricultural extension exhibitions; television agricultural programs and RADCON network.   )2( The main reasons of preferring respondent's farmers exact extension method to communicate the control red palm weevil' educational extension messages were as follows: the extension method must depend on learning the inducers how to educate agricultural innovations, depend on sight & hearing senses raising the discussion between the farmers and extensionists, also the extension method can making the desired behavioral changes, ease to use it, strengthening the friendship & confidence )trust( between the farmers and extensionists; and trust between the extensionists with the farmers, helping  farmers to keep the Knowledge or information for long duration and can back them as needed  )3( The most important reasons of non preferring respondent's farmers exact extension method to communicate the control red palm weevil' educational extension messages were as follows: the extension method lack of owned personal influence )affected( communication on the farmers,  it didn't owned the farmers encouraging on discussion especially with the farmers doesn’t tend to participate in discussions in agricultural extension activities, final the extension method required some complex technical considerations to conduct so that reduced benefit the farmers of it epically in educate the information.