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Rural Women's Practices in the Field of Food Preservation and Storage in Beheira Governorate

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The research aimed to Identify the practices of rural women in preserving and storing food in a village in Beheira Governorate, Identify the level of application of the respondents to good practices in preserving and storing food, Identify the most important sources from which the respondents obtain their nutritional information on food preservation and storage, and Identify the most important factors affecting the application of Respondents practice related to food preservation and storage. The research was based on the social survey method in the sample by selecting a random sample of (164) respondents at a rate of 7% of the total (2333) Families in Al-Naqidi village in Kom Hamada district in Beheira Governorate, data were collected through a personal interview using a questionnaire form during May and June 2020, frequencies, percentages, Pearson's simple correlation coefficient and Step-Wise multiple regression analysis method were used to analyze the research data. The results indicated that about (48.8%) of the total respondents had a high level of negative practices, (43.9%) of the total respondents, their level of application is medium, while about (7.3%) of the total respondents their application of these negative practices is low the majority of respondents depend on traditional sources (television, mother and relatives and neighbors) to obtain their nutritional information for food preservation and storage. The results indicated that the most important variables responsible for the application of the research for preserving and storing food, which affected by (38.7%), are: the age of the respondent, membership of social organizations, exposure to cooking programs through various media, and contact with the agricultural guide.

DOI

10.21608/ajs.2021.51217.1305

Keywords

Rural Women, Food Practices, Preservation and Storage of Food, Beheira Governorate

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Rehab

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Hanafy

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Rural Sociology & Agricultural Extension Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

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yossefgomaa8@gmail.com

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0000-0003-0915-2927

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heba

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mohamed

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Rural Sociology & Agricultural Extension Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

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hebanour@agr.asu.edu.eg

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Egypt

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0000-0002-2508-3856

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Zeinab

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Abdelrahman

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Rural Sociology & Agricultural Extension Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

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zeinabab-abdelsamad@agr.asu.edu.eg

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29

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1

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25482

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2021-04-01

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2020-11-28

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2021-04-01

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151

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163

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1110-2675

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2636-3585

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Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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https://ajs.journals.ekb.eg/

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Rural Women's Practices in the Field of Food Preservation and Storage in Beheira Governorate

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22 Jan 2023