THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AGRICULTURE FACULTIES AT AL-AZHAR UNIVERSITY, CAIRO, AND ARISH UNIVERSITY IN DEVELOPING STUDENTS' AWARENESS OF CONTEMPORARY AGRICULTURAL ISSUES

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1 Dept. Econ. & Rural Develop. (Rural Sociol.), Fac. Environ. Agric. Sci., Arish Univ., North Sinai, Egypt.

2 Dept. Agric. Extension and Rural Sociol. (Rural Sociol.), Fac. Agric., Al-Azhar Univ., Cairo, Egypt.

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The study aims to determine the degree of effectiveness of agricultural colleges in raising awareness about contemporary agricultural issues by measuring students' knowledge of the college's activities, their implementation, benefits, and the level of their satisfaction with them. The study included students from the Faculty of Agriculture at Al-Azhar University and Al-Arish University, where a questionnaire was conducted with a sample of 200 students. The most important results: The level of knowledge about the activities was high (47% at Al-Azhar and 45% at Al-Arish), About 51% and 48% of the students had a moderate level of participation in the activities, Nearly half of the students reported a moderate level of benefit (45% at Al-Azhar and 49% at Al-Arish), Al-Azhar students expressed high satisfaction with the activities (51%), compared to 37% at Al-Arish, The main obstacles include weak student participation in solving environmental and agricultural problems (95%), The main suggestions include encouraging students to participate in solutions and increasing awareness of contemporary agricultural issues.

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