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Assessment of the extension needs of tomato farmers in Assiut governorate, Egypt

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Agricultural Economics, Rural Sociology and Agricultural Extension

Abstract

This research aimed at: (1) assessing the extension needs of the respondents from farmers in the production and marketing of the tomato crop, (2) estimating the extension needs of the respondents in the production and marketing extension recommendations of the crop, and (3) determining the correlation between the extension needs of the respondents and the independent variables studied. The research was conducted on a random sample of 252 tomato farmers in six villages in Assiut governorate. Data were collected by questionnaire during the period from April to May 2022. Frequencies, percentages and arithmetic mean were used for data presentation. Quantitative methods were used to needs assessment (Borich equation, Delta N equation, a modified Delta N, and the new approach). Through the results of the research, it was possible to arrange the processes of production and marketing of the tomato crop according to the methods of quantitative assessment of the extension needs as follows: fertilization, adding sulfur, harvesting, hoeing and weeding, soil preparation, integrated control, packing, cultivation methods, fruit completion and harvest dates, varieties, Fruit sorting, irrigation, transportation, and seedling quality. Significant coloration was found at significant levels of 0.05, 0.01 between the extension needs of the respondents and their independent variables: education, farm area, area cultivated with tomatoes, family members, agricultural workers, seminar attendance, information sources, age.

DOI

10.21608/aasj.2022.176853.1134

Keywords

Assessment, the extension needs, Tomato, Assiut

Authors

First Name

Kh.

Last Name

Hussein

MiddleName

M. H.

Affiliation

Department of Agricultural Extension & Rural Sociology, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, Egypt

Email

khlafmstfyhsyn@gmail.com

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First Name

M.

Last Name

Abdelsalam

MiddleName

F. S.

Affiliation

Department of Agricultural Extension & Rural Sociology, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, Egypt

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First Name

M.

Last Name

Elnagar

MiddleName

F. S. A.

Affiliation

Department of Agricultural Extension & Rural Sociology, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, Egypt

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First Name

A.

Last Name

Nagy

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Department of Agricultural Extension & Rural Sociology, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, Egypt

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Volume

5

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

42543

Issue Date

2022-12-01

Receive Date

2022-10-13

Publish Date

2022-12-01

Page Start

219

Page End

234

Print ISSN

2535-1680

Online ISSN

2535-1699

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https://aasj.journals.ekb.eg/article_276294.html

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Research article

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764

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Publication Title

Archives of Agriculture Sciences Journal

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https://aasj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Assessment of the extension needs of tomato farmers in Assiut governorate, Egypt

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30 Dec 2024