PLANNING A GUIDANCE PROGRAM TO RAISE AWARENESS AMONG BEDOUINS ABOUT AGRICULTURAL ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS IN NORTH SINAI GOVERNORATE

Document Type : Researches

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Dept. Agric. Econ. and Rural Develop., Fac. Environ. Agric. Sci., Arish Univ., Egypt.

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The research mainly aimed to plan a guidance program to raise awareness among Bedouins about agricultural environmental risks in North Sinai Governorate, by identifying the distinctive social and economic characteristics of the Bedouin respondents, identifying the level of awareness of Bedouin farmers about agricultural environmental risks, identifying the differences between the respondents in the studied centers regarding the level of awareness of Bedouin farmers about agricultural environmental risks, identifying the variables associated with and affecting the level of awareness of Bedouin farmers about agricultural environmental risks, identifying the guidance services provided by the guidance agency to confront agricultural environmental risks, identifying the problems that hinder the guidance agency from confronting agricultural environmental risks from the point of view of the farmers surveyed in the research area, and identifying Proposals to solve the problems that hinder the guidance apparatus from confronting agricultural environmental risks, proposing a guidance program to educate farmers about agricultural environmental risks based on the results of the research, and a regular random sample was taken from the lists of holders in the Agricultural Cooperative Society in Arish Center, amounting to (200) farmers representing 50% of the total number of farmers, which is 400 farmers, and a regular random sample from the lists of holders in the Agricultural Cooperative Society in Bir al-Abd Center, amounting to (200) farmers representing about 25% of the total number of farmers, which is 810 farmers, thus the total study sample amounted to (400) individuals.

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