Beta
278073

Constraints Faced Application of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) From the Perspective of Workers in Agricultural Extension in Matrouh Governorate

Article

Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

Subjects

-

Tags

Social Sciences

Abstract

This research aimed to identifying The Constraints Faced Application of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) From the Perspective of Workers in Agricultural Extension in Matrouh Governorate by achieving the following objectives:1) Identify the degree of  the respondents' use  of (ICT) in agricultural extension work in the research area. 2) Identify the degree of effect of Obstacles to the Application of (ICT) to Agricultural Extension Workers in Agricultural Extension work in research area. 3) Determinate the relationship between the respondents' use of (ICT) and among the characteristics studied. 4) Determinate the relationship between the degree of effect of  Obstacles to the Application of (ICT) to Agricultural Extension Workers in Agricultural Extension work in research area and among the characteristics studied. A simple random sample was selected from the files of Agricultural Extension Workers in Matrouh Governorate. The sample was (120) Agricultural Extension Workers representing (68.6%) from Agricultural Extension Workers. Data were collected through the personal interviews with the respondents during February to March 2022. To analyze the data in this research statistically, it has been used the numerical and tabular presentation of repetitive and percentages, the arithmetic mean, standard deviation, middle degree, and T-test. In addition to Pearson correlation coefficient to display some of the results that have been obtained by, using the computer program Statistical Package for the Social Sciences SPSS. The most important results were: The results showed that 95.0% of the respondents fall into the categories of low and medium use of (ICT) in agricultural extension work in the research area. The most important impediments against implementation of (ITC) were related to the work environment, than relate to internet, than related to the computerized, and finally on the humanities. A negative correlation relationship at the level (0.05) between  the effect of  Obstacles to the Application of (ICT) to Agricultural Extension Workers in Agricultural Extension work in research area and among of the independent variable: the number of family members. A  positive correlation  relationship at the level (0.01) between  the effect of  Obstacles to the Application of (ICT) to Agricultural Extension Workers in Agricultural Extension work in research area and among of the independent variables:  source of agriculture information, Participation effectiveness  in extension activates, and the degree of respondents' use  of (ICT).

DOI

10.21608/ajar.2022.278073

Keywords

Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Constraints, Matrouh

Authors

First Name

H. M.

Last Name

Shafey

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Agricultural Extension Department, Socio-Economic Studies Division, Desert Research Center, Cairo, Egypt

Email

hassan.shafey@yahoo.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

M. A.

Last Name

El-Sayed

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Agricultural Extension Department, Socio-Economic Studies Division, Desert Research Center, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

Volume

47

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

38609

Issue Date

2022-12-01

Receive Date

2022-09-02

Publish Date

2022-12-01

Page Start

427

Page End

445

Print ISSN

1110-1563

Online ISSN

2786-0051

Link

https://ajar.journals.ekb.eg/article_278073.html

Detail API

https://ajar.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=278073

Order

35

Type

Original Article

Type Code

929

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Al-Azhar Journal of Agricultural Research

Publication Link

https://ajar.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Constraints Faced Application of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) From the Perspective of Workers in Agricultural Extension in Matrouh Governorate

Details

Type

Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023