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FACTORS INFLUENCING ON CHICKEN SMALLHOLDERS ADOPTION BEHAVIOR OF MANAGEMENT INTERVENTION PACKAGES IN EGYPTIAN RURAL

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The study was conducted in Al-Sharkia and El-Fayoum governorates, Egypt. This study aimed to determine the socio-economic factors that influencing on chicken smallholder's adoption behavior of management intervention packages in Egyptian rural sector. Samples of two hundred individual households' were randomly selected, through semi-structured interviews with questionnaires to collect data through monthly visits from January to December 2015. The results indicated that adoption of the management intervention package was influenced by gender, smallholder's experience, smallholder's education level, group membership, distance to the market, access to extension and training programs, veterinary services and marketing information. Smallholders with a lower education level were likely to adopt housing, chick rearing, improved strains and feed supplementation; and improved strains packages, whereas, smallholders with a higher education level increased the likelihood of adopting the full package. Males were more likely to adopt the full package, while females more likely to adopt components of management intervention packages. Smallholder experience in raise indigenous chicken had a positive significant and marginal effect on adoption of the full package. Access to training and extension services increased the probability of adopting disseminated packages, the ability to selective from the packages and the adoption of full packages. A decrease in distance to the market increased the probability of adopting the full package, but reduces the probability of adopting feed supplementation and vaccination. It could be recommended that, it should to encourage the chicken smallholders, in Egyptian rural sector, to work in self-help groups and create awareness through training. Micro-credit providers should provide credit in order to encourage adoption of the management intervention package.

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Management interventions – adoption, rural sector, disseminate

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Reda

Last Name

Hamouda

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El-Sayed

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Animal Production Systems Research Department, Animal Production Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, Ministry of Agriculture, Dokki- Giza.

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reda_arc.system@yahoo.com

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Mohamed

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El-Menawey

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Abdel-Rahman

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Associate Professor of Poultry Management, Fac. Agric., Cairo University

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elmenawey7@yahoo.com

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Yasser

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Abdel-Aziz

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Ahmed

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Animal Production Systems Research Department, Animal Production Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, Ministry of Agriculture

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yaaa21064@yahoo.ca

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38

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2

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1591

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2018-06-01

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2018-04-30

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2018-06-27

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573

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592

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1110-5623

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2090-0570

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493

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Egyptian Poultry Science Journal

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FACTORS INFLUENCING ON CHICKEN SMALLHOLDERS ADOPTION BEHAVIOR OF MANAGEMENT INTERVENTION PACKAGES IN EGYPTIAN RURAL

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22 Jan 2023