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Management of Maize farmers for Fall Armyworm in Luxor Governorate, Egypt

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Agriculture and rural economy interactions

Abstract

The research aimed to: 1) identify level of respondents' knowledge on fall armyworm (FAW), 2) identify level of respondents' implementation of managing FAW, 3) determine factors associated with respondents' level of knowledge and managing FAW, and 4) identify the role of agricultural extension to confront FAW from the respondents' viewpoints. Data were collected using the questionnaire form during November 2021 from a sample of 50 maize farmers in El-Kieman village, Esna district, Luxor Governorate, (the total number of Maize growers were 70 farmers). Central tendency measures, relative weight and Chai-square test were used for data analysis and presentation. Results of the study determined respondents' level of knowledge about FAW (12 items) as well as levels of their implementation of to managing FAW (52 items). Results indicate that the relative weight of respondents' level of knowledge FAW life cycle reached 73%, while the relative weight of respondents' level of knowledge onFAW's behavior and manifestations of the infection reached 79%, moreover, the relative weight of the total level of knowledge is 77%. Findings of the study showed the relative weights of the respondents' levels of implementing FAW prevention practices, monitoring practices, and intervention practices reached 78%, 75% and 67%, respectively. Results also showed that relative wight of the total respondents' level of implementing the FAW management practices reached 77%. Results revealed that there are 24 associative relationships out of atotal of 70 possible relationships between the studied independent variables and respondents' levels of knowledge and implementation of FAW management practices.
 

DOI

10.21608/asejaiqjsae.2022.218340

Keywords

Fall armyworm, Agricultural Extension, Knowledge, Practices, Fall Armyworm Management, Luxor

Authors

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Diab

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Department of Rural Sociology & Agricultural Extension, Faculty of Agriculture, New Valley University, Kharga, Egypt

Email

a.diab@nvu.edu.eg

City

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Orcid

0000-0002-5762-344X

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Ali elramily

MiddleName

Abdelaleem

Affiliation

Agricultural Economics Department of, Fac. Of Agri., Benisuf Univ., Egypt

Email

elramily2011@yahoo.com

City

Giza

Orcid

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First Name

Moustafa

Last Name

Bakry

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Plant protection Research Institute, A. R. V., dokki, Giza, Egypt

Email

md.mdsabry@yahoo.com

City

Luxor

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Volume

43

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

30186

Issue Date

2022-03-01

Receive Date

2022-01-09

Publish Date

2022-03-30

Page Start

105

Page End

124

Print ISSN

1110-0176

Online ISSN

2536-9784

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https://asejaiqjsae.journals.ekb.eg/article_218340.html

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53

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Alexandria Science Exchange Journal

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https://asejaiqjsae.journals.ekb.eg/

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Management of Maize farmers for Fall Armyworm in Luxor Governorate, Egypt

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22 Jan 2023