استفادة البدو من البرنامج التدريبي "مستقبل الزراعة الواعدة للتنمية المستدامة لبساتين الفاكهة بواحة سيوة"

Abstract EN

This study aimed mainly to identify: 1) the subjects' utility degree from the training program.

2) The convenience of the studied training program from variant aspects.

3) To determine factors affecting the trainees' utility from the training program.

4) Finally, to identify the main subjects to be covered in the future training from the respondents' point of view.

The training program "The Promising Future of Agriculture for the Sustainable Development of Fruit Orchards in Siwa Oasis" was selected to carry out this study.

This training takes place as part of the activities of the project of "The Sustainable Development Project for Fruit Plantations Affected by Some Environmental Stresses in Matrouh".

A number of 28 trainees participated in this program; all of them are "Bedouins".

The field data was collected from the all participants within November 2020 through personal interview using a questionnaire form.

Frequency tables, Pearson correlation coefficient, and Chi-square test utilized for data analysis and result demonstration.

The main results can be displayed as follows: Half of the respondents indicated high degree of utility from the training program.

While, farming processes of serving fruit trees was reported as the highest utility topic of percentage of (72.0%).

Regarding the program convenience of variant aspects, one-third of the respondents consider the time allocated to the program was highly adequate, while close to two-thirds of them believe that the program content was moderate in terms of problems solving, and finally, nearly two-thirds of the respondents see that program provided appropriate training environment at a high degree.

The findings reported significant relationship between the utility degree of the program and the following variables: volume of animal holding, education, holding of agricultural machinery, adequacy of the training time, and the program's ability of problems solving.

Results demonstrate the main topics proposed for future training, in descending order, as follows: compost production, water salinity treatment, practical application of tree pruning, palm and olive seedlings nurseries, and non-traditional fodder, respectively