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Exploring the Availability and Use of Agricultural Extension Services by Small-Scale Coffee Farmers in Al-Udein District, Ibb Governorate, Yemen

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Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

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Economic and socio agricultural

Abstract

This research aimed to study the availability of extension services that are provided to the coffee small-scale farmers in the Al-Udein district of Yemen. In addition, it outlines the other extension sources that farmers might depend on for the improvement of their knowledge and skills. The researchers found that the majority of respondents (70.8%) do not have access to any public institutions that provide extension services. Furthermore, the whole respondents (100%) stated that they are highly dependent on their experiences gained from the traditional practices. Moreover, more than (90%) of the respondents moderately depend on their friends and neighbors as a source of knowledge and skills. Furthermore, the researchers pointed out that (100%) of the respondents never depend on classical organizations as sources of agricultural extension knowledge. Additionally, (90%) of the respondents do not, at all, depend on agriculture exhibitions, agriculture films, printed materials, radio or TV programs as sources of knowledge and skills. However, (6.3%) of the respondents said that they are highly dependent on ‘WhatsApp' as a source of knowledge. Finally, the researchers recommended that it is necessary to enhance the role of public extension services and encourage farmers to use the social media platforms and mobile phones in order to support the exchange of knowledge between extension services in one hand and between farmers themselves in the other hand which will led to enhancing the knowledge exchange process effectively and efficiently.

DOI

10.21608/nvjas.2022.141754.1061

Keywords

agriculture extension, small-scale farmers, Coffee, Al-Udein, Yemen

Authors

First Name

Ali

Last Name

Khalil

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Department of Economy and Agriculture Extension, Faculty of Agriculture &Food Science, Ibb University, Yemen.

Email

alikhalil2@gmail.com

City

Ibb - Yemen

Orcid

00000-0002-8329-195

First Name

Abduwahab

Last Name

Hezber

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Economy and Agriculture Extension, Faculty of Agriculture &Food Science, Ibb University, Yemen.

Email

hizber2010@hotmail.com

City

-

Orcid

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First Name

Raed

Last Name

Ali

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Economy and Agriculture Extension, Faculty of Agriculture &Food Science, Ibb University, Yemen.

Email

raeedali1212@gmail.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Hammed

Last Name

Al-Arabi

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Economy and Agriculture Extension, Faculty of Agriculture &Food Science, Ibb University, Yemen.

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Amar

Last Name

Mohammed

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Economy and Agriculture Extension, Faculty of Agriculture &Food Science, Ibb University, Yemen.

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-

City

-

Orcid

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Volume

2

Article Issue

4

Related Issue

32755

Issue Date

2022-04-01

Receive Date

2022-07-14

Publish Date

2022-04-01

Page Start

182

Page End

195

Print ISSN

2805-2420

Online ISSN

2805-2439

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https://nvjas.journals.ekb.eg/article_252054.html

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https://nvjas.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=252054

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Original Research

Type Code

2,101

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

New Valley Journal of Agricultural Science

Publication Link

https://nvjas.journals.ekb.eg/

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Exploring the Availability and Use of Agricultural Extension Services by Small-Scale Coffee Farmers in Al-Udein District, Ibb Governorate, Yemen

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Article

Created At

23 Jan 2023