"FARMERS' ATIITUDES TOWARDS THE INTEGRATION OF POPULATION AND ENVIRONMENT EDUCATION INTO ONGOING AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION !N GHARBIA AND BENI-SWIF GOVERNORATES

This study aimed at determining the degree of the Farmers
attitudes towards the integration of population and environment education
into ongoing agricultural extension activities, The most important variables
that affecting their attitudes and compare between the degree of fanners
attitudes in both GHARBIA and BENI·SWIF.
This study was carried out in two governorates- GHARBIA and
BENI SWIF where the project of Integration of population and environment
Education into ongoing agricultural extension programs was conducted. The
study sample was 210 respondents selected randomly from the fanners who
delt with the project activities conducting in the 10 selected villages of the
project work area. Data was collected by written pretested questionnaire
through personal interviews.
The most Important results of the research may be summarized as
follows:
1-More than half of the respondents (50.95%) had high attitudes towards
integration of population and environment Education into agricultura
extension activities, more than one third of respondent (35.72%) ha
moderate attitudes, while 13% of the respondent were with low attitudes.
2-Four independent variables had significant rate the interpretation in total
variance in the degree of fanners attitudes with total percentaqe
amounting to 57 percent, which were : degree of the attitudes towards
agriculture extension , degree of the respondent education, degree of
respondent's exposure to means of mass media, and informal social
participation.
        3·There was significant           difference between the respondents' altitude,
degree in the two governorates in favor of BENI-SWIF governorate.