The Role of Agricultural Extension on Rationalizing Irrigations Water at Alhania Region—Elgabal Elakhadar—Libya
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in a rural area. Objectives of this research were to: 1- Measure the degree of knowledge, attitude, and practice of traditional irrigation farmers and developed irrigation farmers related to rationalization methods of irrigation water usage and determine differences between them. Determine the most factors affecting the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of traditional irrigation farmers and developed irrigation farmers about rationalizing methods of irrigation water usage. 2-Identify farmer's information sources in irrigation. 3. Determine the most important problems, which face traditional irrigation farmers and developed in the field irrigation. To achieve the objectives of the research, data were collected by personal interviews from a sample of 210 farmers (130 developed irrigation farmers & 80 traditional irrigation farmers). Data were collected through a questionnaire with a personal interview. For data analysis, percentages, averages standard deviation and" t" test were used to determine differences between averages of the respondents' values, and the simple correlation coefficient was used for data analysis. The main part of the research revealed that: 1-There were significant differences between traditional and developed irrigation's farmers regarding knowledge, attitudes, practices, degree of rationalization, and methods of irrigation water usage. 2 - Knowledge of traditional irrigation and development of farmers about rationalization methods of irrigation water usage and factors affecting it. 3-Practices of developed & traditional irrigation's farmers to rationalize methods of irrigation water usage and factors affecting it. 4 - Attitudes of traditional irrigation developed farmers towards rationalization methods of irrigation water usage.
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