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The Role of Agricultural Extension in Raising Awareness of Environmental Protection Laws in Dakahlia Governorate

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Agricultural extension

Abstract

This research aimed to identify the agricultural extension role in raising awareness of environmental protection laws, it was conducted in two villages in Dakahlia Governorate on a simple random sample of farmers who have both agricultural and animal possessions consisting of 150 farmers during the period from September to December 2021, using a questionnaire Personal. Frequencies, percentages, arithmetic mean, and Spearman's correlation coefficient were used for statistical analysis. The most important results were summarized as follows:
- 87.3% of the farmers had heard of the environmental protection laws. The television was one of the most reliable sources to know those laws 77.3%.
- Behavioral level of the farmers with the environmental laws in the five studied areas reached (38.9) with subjective estimators, 35.3 with objective estimators, and the extension need was 64.6.
-The general average of the level extension system raising awareness of environmental protection laws for the farmers surveyed in the five fields studied was 64.9 and the level of follow-up was  60.6.
- The general average rate of agricultural extension devices' use of educational extension methods was 57.7, and the utilization rate was 58.8.
- The general average of the level of existence of problems of applying environmental laws was 72,9, and the level of future investigation of the application of environmental laws was 76,2.
- There is a significant relationship between the role of agricultural extension with environmental laws and the subjective, objectived behavioral levels in the pesticide pollution, and the plant production field 0,01.
 

DOI

10.21608/asejaiqjsae.2022.258522

Keywords

extension role, Awareness, environmental laws

Authors

First Name

Amira

Last Name

M.A.Ramadan

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Affiliation

agricultural unv

Email

amira_m@mans.edu.eg

City

mansoura

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Abou EI-Naga

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Agricultural Extension and Rural Development Research Institute - Agricultural Research Center

Email

drmohamed_aboelnaga@yahoo.com

City

mansoura

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Volume

43

Article Issue

3

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35754

Issue Date

2022-09-01

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2022-08-09

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2022-09-01

Page Start

1,017

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1,054

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1110-0176

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2536-9784

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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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The Role of Agricultural Extension in Raising Awareness of Environmental Protection Laws in Dakahlia Governorate

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22 Jan 2023