مستوى معرفة و تنفيذ الزراع لتقنيات الزراعة العضوية بقريتين بمحافظة المنوفية

Abstract AR

The research aimed at identifying farmers' knowledge and implementation levels
regarding organic agric.

practices, also sources of information, and the relationship with some independent variables.

Data were collected through personal interview by using a questionnaire from a random sample of 285 farmers.

Simple correlation and multiple regressions (step-wise) were used for data analyzing.

The study revealed the following results:
- The majority of respondents 58% their knowledge level was moderate, while 39% their Implementation level was low.

- The main sources of information regarding organic agric.

were: regional agric.

research stations, newspapers, training courses, agric.

magazines, and TV agricultural programs.

- There were 7 variables explain 38% of the total variance in the farmers' knowledge degrees, these variables were: farm holding size, farm machinery size, farmer social participation, family size, farmer education, farmer age, farmers satisfaction about general services in the village.

- There were 7 variables also explain 33% of total variance in the farmers' Implementation degrees, these variables were: number of family sets, farmer ambition, family size, farmer age, farm, machinery size, farmer education, and farmers satisfaction about general services in the village.