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ARMERS KNOWLEDGE OF THE HARMS OF INSECTICIDES AND THEIR SUBSTITUTES USAGE IN CONTROL VEGETABLES PESTS IN SOME VILLAGES IN SKARKIA GOVERNORATE

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ABSTRACT:
                The main objectives of this study were to:
          Determine the knowledge level of the respondent farmers with the harms of using insecticides and determine their knowledge level with substitutes of these insecticides in control vegetables pests.
          Determine the relation between the knowledge degree of the respondent farmers with insecticides harms and some independent studied variables, and also determine the relation between the respondent farmers knowledge degree with substitutes theses insecticides and the studied independent variables.
            Identify the problems of substitutes insecticides usage in control vegetables pests from the view of the respondent farmers.
          A random sample of 168 respondents from Skarkia governorate, the data were collected by personal interviews using protested questionnaire during March 2006. Simple correlation coefficient, multiple correlation and regression analyses (Step-Wise) and means, standard Deviation, coefficient of variance and Range, were used to analyze date statistically, in addition to frequencies, percentages and tables.
The results of this study revealed that:
1-About 48.81% of respondent farmers their knowledge level of insecticides harms was high, while about 18.45% from them was low.
2-About 64.88% from respondent farmers their knowledge level of substitutes of the insecticides was low while 10.71% from them was high.
3-From multiple correlation and Regression Analysis, three independent variables affected significantly the knowledge degree of the respondent farmers with the harms of using insecticides (33.8%) which were: mass media exposure degree, leadership behaviour  degree, the size of agricultural.
4-From multiple correlation and Regression Analysis, three independent variables affected significantly the knowledge degree of the respondent farmers with substitutes of these insecticides (38.7%), the participation in the extension activities degree, the number of agricultural information sources, and mass media exposure degree.

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10.21608/jpd.2006.45321

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Farmers Knowledge, Harms, Insecticides, Vegetables Pests, Villages, Skarkia Governorate

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mohamed

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El-Sayed

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Khadr

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Agricultural Extension & Rural Development Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

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Agricultural Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

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Mohamed

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Farag

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Agricultural Extension & Rural Development Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

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Agricultural Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

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11

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2

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6975

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2006-07-01

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2006-03-10

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2006-07-01

Page Start

317

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336

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1110-2543

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2682-3322

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JPD_Volume 11_Issue 2_Pages 317-336.pdf

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Journal of Productivity and Development

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ARMERS KNOWLEDGE OF THE HARMS OF INSECTICIDES AND THEIR SUBSTITUTES USAGE IN CONTROL VEGETABLES PESTS IN SOME VILLAGES IN SKARKIA GOVERNORATE

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22 Jan 2023