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SUMMARY


SUMMARY

A cognitive content of producers honey is a key of agricultural extension to development of their behavior according to social values that give them the ability to exercise life and organize their affairs and good disposition in the available of their potential and resources and face different problems of life, therefore, the knowledge is as a means of agricultural extension to achieving it’s objectives in the modify the behavior of farmers through targeted training programs and planned on the basis of actual needs of honey producers.
This study aimed to determine the role of agricultural extension in the development of knowledge and practices (RAEDKP) of honey producers, to determine the relationship between the role of (RAEDKP) of honey producers as a dependent variable and some of the studied independent variables, to determine the percentage contribution of independent variables in the interpretation of the whole variance of the role of agricultural extension in the development of knowledge and practices of honey producers, and finally propose a model of an action plan for honey producers to promote of the production
The study was conducted in Qalyoubia governorate as one of the largest governorates of honey producing, a random sample of honey producers was selected amounted to 180 respondents.
Data were collected using personal interview with respondents by pre- tested questionnaire during the months of December 2008 and January 2009.
Frequencies, percentages, mean and standard deviation, Pearson correlation coefficient, and Step-wise Multiple correlation and regression were used to data analysis by computer using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (spss)
The most important results of the study were:
1 - The results indicated that degree of respondents knowledge of all the study items of the recommendations were high, and 18.3% were low, 15.6% were medium, and 66.1% were high.
2 - The results showed that there are a governmental sources of knowledge under Ministry of Agriculture were: extension worker and apiary specialist in the center, and sources of knowledge under other ministries were: College of Agriculture, mass media, and Research Centers, and non-governmental sources of knowledge were: the personal experience, family and friends, and beekeeping and veterinary services stores.
3 - Only 11.2% of respondents said that the agricultural extension provides extension activities in the study area, while 88.8% of them said that the agricultural extension does not undertake any activities in the study area.
4 - The results showed that the degree of respondents implementation to all of the study recommendations were high, and 20% of respondents implementation were low, 16.1% were medium, and 63.9% were high.
5 - The results showed that there is means used by the agricultural extension it were: posters, models, samples, demonstration, and only 5.1% of the respondents said that the agricultural extension uses this means, while 94.9% said that the agricultural extension does not use these means in the study area.
6 - Revealed that the agricultural extension used persuasive methods in the study area its were: Grooming emotional and logical, clarity, Evidence, Persuasive arguments, and only 2% of the respondents said that the agricultural extension use these methods in study area , while 98% said that the agricultural extension does not use these persuasive methods.
7 - The results showed that 52.8% of respondents believe that the agricultural extension is undertake low role in the study area, 30.6% believe it’s in a medium role, and 16.6% believe it’s in a high role.
8 – There are a significant relation at the 0.01 level between the degree (RAEDKP) of honey producers and each of: average of honey producing, degree of attitude towards modernizations, degree of training, and degree of attitude towards agricultural extension.
9 - The contribution of these variables in the explaining the total variance of the ( RAEDKP) of honey producers were 51.4%, 42.4% to degree of attitude towards agricultural extension, 6.2% to degree of attitude towards modernizations, 1.8% to average of honey producing, and 1.0% to degree of training in the study area.
10- The study was proposed a plan for upgrading the knowledge and implementation of honey producers.
And finally the study Proposed some Practical benefits based on the study results that could provide guidance when making outreach programs to promote the production of honey bees and improve the level of knowledge and skills of producers of honey bees