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Farmers' Attitudes Towards Irrigation Water Rationalization Practices in Rural Assiut Governorate

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Rural Sociology & Agricultural Extension

Abstract

The study aims to identify farmers' behavior regarding irrigation water rationalization. Practices, identify the level of environmental awareness of the respondents, and identify the sources of respondents' knowledge of irrigation water conservation practices and determine the correlations between the independent variables studied and the dependent variable.  To achieve this, the research relied on a descriptive-analytical approach and used the sample method in collecting data, as data was collected through a questionnaire form. From a sample size of 365 individuals.
The results indicated that the most important sources of knowledge for the respondents about irrigation water conservation practices, following weather reports in newspapers, senior farmers, and agricultural guides. Most of the respondents have a high tendency towards rationalizing irrigation water use practices, and a moderate degree of environmental awareness.  The significance of the effect of seven independent variables on the degree of farmers' attitudes related to rationalizing water use practices was also proven. and the significance of the effect of five independent variables on the degree of environmental awareness of the respondents was also proven. The study recommended the following: The Ministry of Information must raise awareness of the importance of rationalizing water consumption and supporting awareness campaigns. The Ministry of Agriculture must educate farmers about modern irrigation methods that waste less water.

DOI

10.21608/ajas.2024.310459.1386

Keywords

Agricultural trends, Irrigation Water, Rationalization Practices

Authors

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Abdullah

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Department of Rural sociology, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.

Email

ambabym577@gmail.com

City

Assiut

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Rashed

MiddleName

G.

Affiliation

Department of Rural sociology, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.

Email

mohamed.rashed@agr.aun.edu.eg

City

Assiut

Orcid

-

First Name

Moustafa

Last Name

Ghanem

MiddleName

H. A.

Affiliation

Department of Rural sociology, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.

Email

mostafa.ibrahim@agr.aun.edu.eg

City

Assiut

Orcid

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First Name

Randa

Last Name

Sultan

MiddleName

Y. M.

Affiliation

Department of Rural sociology, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.

Email

randayusef@aun.edu.eg

City

Assiut

Orcid

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Volume

55

Article Issue

4

Related Issue

51071

Issue Date

2024-10-01

Receive Date

2024-08-19

Publish Date

2024-10-30

Page Start

339

Page End

351

Print ISSN

1110-0486

Online ISSN

2356-9840

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https://ajas.journals.ekb.eg/article_399695.html

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399,695

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Original Article

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62

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Journal

Publication Title

Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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https://ajas.journals.ekb.eg/

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Farmers' Attitudes Towards Irrigation Water Rationalization Practices in Rural Assiut Governorate

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Created At

30 Dec 2024