AN ANALITICAL STUDY OF FARMERS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS WHEAT AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION NATIONAL CAMPAIGN IN SOME VILLAGES IN KOM· HAMADA DISTRICT,BEHAIRA GOVERNORATE

The main objective of this study was to investigate the farmers'
attitudes toward the Agricultural Extension National Campaign of wheat in
some villages in Kom-Hamada District of 8ehaira Governorate. The
necessary data were collected by using a pretested questionnaire through
interviewing 135 farm-operators in the selected villages. Main statistical
methods used for data analysis included: percentages, Arithmetic mean,
standard deviation, variance coefficient, T -test, Chi-square t est, a nd simple
correlation coefficient. The findings showed that 31 % of the respondents have
positive attitudes toward the Agricultural Extension National Campaign of
wheat, while 32% and 37% of the respondents have neutral and negative
attitudes toward the Agricultural Extension National Campaign of wheat,
respectively. The findings also indicated that there is a significant correlation
at the 0.01 level of significance between the respondents' attitudes toward the
Agricultural Extension National Campaign of wheat and the following
variables: educational level, land holding size, wheat land size, years of
experience in agricultural work, years of experience in cultivating wheat,
participation in extension work, and exposure to agricultural information
resources.