A Study of the role of field school as new Extension Method in Developing Agriculture in Jablah


Abstract in English

The study aimedat identifying the role of farmers field school ( FFSs) in Jablah, and the characteristics of their participant, their opinions, their productivity, and the difficulties they suffer from. To achieve the objective of this study , data was collected through random sample , its size is (75) participant farmers in five field schools,by questionnaireby the personal interview method , the process of data collection was started in 15/5/2013 and completed in 15/8/2013. The results showed that 92 % of farmers wish to continue in FFSs, and all of them indicated that the more activities of (FFSs) is to analyze the ecosystem,and 43,5%of them refer that the suitable location is the most important conditions essential to choose the field of experience . The productivity of citrus participantfarmers in the field schools is more than 5 tons /acres ( 59,3% ), and The productivity of tomato farmersranging between 8 - 12 tons /acres ( 76,6% ).

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