Farmers' Knowledge and adoption of foliar fertilization technique in Sohag Governorate

Document Type : Original Research

Authors

Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology Department, Faculty of Agricultural, Al-Azhar University, Assiut Branch

Abstract

The main objective of this research is to: identify knowledge and 
adoption leves of respondent's farmers in Sohag governorate for 
foliar fertilization technique. In order to achieve this objective, it 
aimed to: (a) Identify knowledge of respondent's farmers in 
research Zone, (b) Identify Adoption of respondent's farmers in 
research Zone, (c) Examine the relationship between level of 
knowledge and adoption for respondents and their characteristics.
In order to achieve the above objectives, a survey was carried out 
on 200 respondents in four villages in Sohag governorate; a 
questionnaire form was prepared and distributed among all 
respondents. The researchers followed up the process of data 
collection and were able to obtain responses from respondents in 
the governorate. Percentages, frequency distribution, arithmetic 
mean, Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient used for data 
processing and analyses using SPSS program. 

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