Constraints Faced Application of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) From the Perspective of Workers in Agricultural Extension in Matrouh Governorate

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Agricultural Extension Department, Socio-Economic Studies Division, Desert Research Center, Cairo, Egypt

2 Agricultural Extension Department, Socio-Economic Studies Division, Desert Research Center, Cairo, Egypt.

Abstract

This research aimed to identifying The Constraints Faced Application of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) From the Perspective of Workers in Agricultural Extension in Matrouh Governorate by achieving the following objectives:1) Identify the degree of  the respondents' use  of (ICT) in agricultural extension work in the research area. 2) Identify the degree of effect of Obstacles to the Application of (ICT) to Agricultural Extension Workers in Agricultural Extension work in research area. 3) Determinate the relationship between the respondents' use of (ICT) and among the characteristics studied. 4) Determinate the relationship between the degree of effect of  Obstacles to the Application of (ICT) to Agricultural Extension Workers in Agricultural Extension work in research area and among the characteristics studied. A simple random sample was selected from the files of Agricultural Extension Workers in Matrouh Governorate. The sample was (120) Agricultural Extension Workers representing (68.6%) from Agricultural Extension Workers. Data were collected through the personal interviews with the respondents during February to March 2022. To analyze the data in this research statistically, it has been used the numerical and tabular presentation of repetitive and percentages, the arithmetic mean, standard deviation, middle degree, and T-test. In addition to Pearson correlation coefficient to display some of the results that have been obtained by, using the computer program Statistical Package for the Social Sciences SPSS. The most important results were: The results showed that 95.0% of the respondents fall into the categories of low and medium use of (ICT) in agricultural extension work in the research area. The most important impediments against implementation of (ITC) were related to the work environment, than relate to internet, than related to the computerized, and finally on the humanities. A negative correlation relationship at the level (0.05) between  the effect of  Obstacles to the Application of (ICT) to Agricultural Extension Workers in Agricultural Extension work in research area and among of the independent variable: the number of family members. A  positive correlation  relationship at the level (0.01) between  the effect of  Obstacles to the Application of (ICT) to Agricultural Extension Workers in Agricultural Extension work in research area and among of the independent variables:  source of agriculture information, Participation effectiveness  in extension activates, and the degree of respondents' use  of (ICT).

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