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The Use of Social Media in Agricultural Extension in Beheira Governorate

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The research aimed to determine use justifications of social media in agricultural extension from the point of view of employees of Agricultural Extension system in Beheira Governorate, to determine respondents knowledge degree of the extension employees of the considerations to be taken into account when using social media, to determine the success ingredients of use of social media in agricultural extension from their point of view, the respondents knowledge degree of the importance of using social media in extension work, and identifying the obstacles to the use of social media in the agricultural extension work from their point of view. This research was conducted on a sample of 86 individuals working in Agricultural Extension System, Beheira Governorate, Data was collected during April 2021 using a prepared questionnaire for this purpose, and the descriptive approach was used to present the research results. The Most Important Results were as Follows: At the forefront of use justifications of social media in agricultural extension was the decrease in the number of agricultural extension agents.,A little more than four-fifths of the respondents (80.2%)agreed on the considerations to be taken into account when using social media as a whole in the medium and high-level categories., The most important elements of the success of using social media in agricultural extension were the availability of mobile devices for the majority of farmers., Almost half of the respondents (45.3%)came in the middle-level category, according to their agreement on the importance of using social media in extension work in general.,The most important obstacles to use of social media in agricultural extension work, lack of a special department for electronic agricultural extension in the Ministry of Agriculture.

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10.21608/ajar.2021.218481

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social media, Agricultural Extension, Beheira Governorate

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Abdullah

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Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

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esmaiel.ebrahem@azhar.edu.eg

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M. A. M.

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Al Rewany.

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Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology- Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo - Al-Azhar University

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46

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1

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31069

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2021-06-01

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2021-01-09

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2021-06-01

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238

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249

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1110-1563

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2786-0051

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Al-Azhar Journal of Agricultural Research

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The Use of Social Media in Agricultural Extension in Beheira Governorate

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22 Jan 2023