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FARMERS ADOPTION OF EXTENSION RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INTEGRATED CONTROL OF NEMATODE PESTS IN RECLAMATION LANDS IN BEHIRA AND BENISUEF GOVERNORATES

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Agricultural Economics and Rural Development

Abstract

This research aimed to determine the farmers adoption degree of the integrated control recommendations of nematode pests in reclamation lands in Behira and Benisuef governorates by determining their adoption degree of the recommendations of the agricultural, biological, and chemical control of nematode pests, as well as identifying the farmers' information source about them, and the most important problems which facing the respondent farmers adoption in this field. The research was conducted in the Behira and Benisuef governorates. Data was collected from two villages in each Governorate, from a sample of 200 respondents, using a questionnaire by personal interview with the respondents, during December and November 2022, Data were analyzed and presented by suitable statistical methods The most important results were: The percentage of respondents' adoption of agricultural control recommendations was 81.5%, and 50.9% came in the middle level of adoption, The percentage of respondents' adoption of biological control recommendations was 28.5%, and 43.8% of them came in the middle level of adoption, The percentage of respondents' adoption of chemical control recommendations 77.5%, and 72.3% of them came in the middle level of adoption, 47% of the respondents came in the adoption low level category of recommendations for integrated control as a whole, Neighbors, friends, and pesticides and seeds dealers constitute the most reference sources, The most important problems were: Adulterated pesticides, rising prices of pesticides, and rising prices of soil analysis.

DOI

10.21608/sinjas.2023.226248.1222

Keywords

Farmers Adoption, integrated control, Nematode Pests, Reclamation Lands

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Mohamed

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Shabara

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Dept. Agric. Extension and Rural Sociology, Fac. Agric., Cairo, Al-Azhar Univ., Egypt.

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mohamed.shabara@azhar.edu.eg

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12

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4

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42754

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2023-08-01

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2023-07-31

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2023-09-27

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699

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716

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2314-6079

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2682-3527

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2,342

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Sinai Journal of Applied Sciences

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https://sinjas.journals.ekb.eg/

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FARMERS ADOPTION OF EXTENSION RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INTEGRATED CONTROL OF NEMATODE PESTS IN RECLAMATION LANDS IN BEHIRA AND BENISUEF GOVERNORATES

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25 Dec 2024