Some Personal and Socio-Economic Factors Associated with the Adoption of Recommended Agricultural Practices in Rural Egypt

Abstract

This study attempts to show the relationship of the adoption of five extension recommended farm practices with six selected personal and socio-economic characteristics pertaining to the farm operators in an Egyptian rural community. Among the farm operators who grew rice in Sylla village 266 farmers were randomly selected for this study. A practice adoption score was constructed as the dependent variable. The six independent variables used in this study were: age, farm work experience, family size, educational level, farm size, and level of living. Three control variables were introduced in the analysis of the relationship between the variables. The Kendall’s Tau was used to measure the degree of association. For the most part, the selected personal and socio-economic variables were associated with practice adoption. However, age of farm operators was not significantly related to practice adoption.