Adoption of New Irrigation Technology Among Farmers in some Rural Aeries in Egypt

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Prof. of Agricultual Extension, Fac. of Agric., Menoufia Univ.

Abstract

This study mainly aims to identify the level of farmers' adoption of the irrigation technologies developed in some villages of Menoufia Governorate, This study was conducted in Menoufia Governorate , and the total sample ( farmers ) was determined from Quesna Center , and Bagour Center in Menoufia Governorate. Three villages were selected in a simple random manner, they are ( Al-Ajayza village , Mit Al- Qasry village, and Mishraf. the statistical program was used (spss, The study resulted in the following most important results:  The degree of presence of technologies in the region : Theresults showed that the technologies are present in the region in an average manner with a percentage of 45% ,   The cognitive level of the newly developed irrigation technologies : the results showed that the level of knowledge of the respondents was high up to 46% to 89% of the respondents high Application.

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