Ahmed M. Diab

Ahmed M. Diab
New Valley University, Faculty of Agriculture · Rural Sociology & Agricultural Extension Department

PhD (Agricultural Extension & Rural Sociology)

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Publications (37)
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The current research aimed in general to predict the future of farmers' adoption of two agricultural innovation (silage and compost manufacture) through: 1) assessing the studied innovations based on Adoption and Diffusion Outcome Prediction Tool (ADOPT) from farmer views, 2) Predicting the adoption of studied innovation (Predicted peak level of ad...
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Mobile-based advisory services have significant benefits, including access to agricultural information, knowledge sharing, meteorological information, marketing-related information, and financial services for smallholder farmers. This study aimed to assess farmers’ information behavior regarding mobile-based advisory services and how farmers with d...
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The main purpose of the current manuscript is to review the agricultural extension system in Egypt. The information gleaned in this article could be useful for policymakers, extension administrators, and extension researchers to identify ways for improving educational services of devising training programs for audience and agents, approaches of far...
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This research aimed to use some recent methods for discovering opinion leaders among farmers in the field of adaptation to climate changes (adaptation to drought, temperature increase, and desertification & sand dune crawling) in a village in The New Valley Governorate, through the following objectives: (1) Knowing about the respondents' implementa...
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The purpose of this study is to design and validate an index for the criteria of organizational quality assurance of the agricultural extension organization of Egypt (ORGAQUALEX), to be used in the case of implementing quality assurance standards in agricultural extension. By reviewing the available relevant literature concerning quality assurance...
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This study aims to measure the readability of some agricultural magazines in Egypt using Flesch's formulas reading ease and human interest. The study focused on all issues of four agricultural magazines issued during 2016, the selected magazines are Agricultural Newspaper Magazine [Al-Saheefah Al-Zeraiya], Agricultural Extension Magazine [Al-Ershaa...
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The purposes of this research are to: i) Measure the degree of utilization of Social Networks (SNS) (Facebook, Twitter, Instgram, Google Plus, LinkedIn, Flickr, Tumblr, Hi5, Whatsapp, Snapchat, and Youtube) among agricultural extension personnel in KSA, ii) Identify the role of SNSs in provision of extension services from the viewpoint of responden...
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Aims: The objectives of this study are to: i) Measure the rural women’s empowerment level, and ii) Determine factors affecting rural women’s empowerment level. Study design: One-time point cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Data were collected through personal interviews of 300 rural women (240 from Al-Mounirah village belonging to...
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The purposes of this study are to: 1) measure respondents’ application of sustainable agriculture technologies in the study area, 2) identifying factors determine this level of application, and 3) determine problems facing the agricultural sustainability from the viewpoint of farmers in the study area. Three villages (Al-liwaa Sobieh, Abdel-Mageid...
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The purpose of this study is to application of participatory technology development (PTD) in development of irrigation system in El-Farafra Oases, New Valley governorate, Egypt, through the project entitled “Management of underground water and development of irrigation of El-Farafra Oases” which funded and managed by Desert Research Center, Egypt d...
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The purposes of this study are to: i) assess the agricultural extension middle level managers’ willingness to use cell phones in extension services, and ii) investigate the factors affecting their willingness to change and their change- related behavior. The DINAMO scale developed by Metselaar (1997) was used to assess their willingness to use cell...
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Four FFSs concerning integrated crop–livestock systems were implemented by a R&D project namely “Adaptation to Climate Change in West Asia and North Africa (WANA) Marginal Environments through Sustainable Crop and Livestock Diversification (ACC project)” during the summer season 2013 in three villages namely Village 4, Village 7 and Village 1750 in...
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The purpose of the current study is to design a scale for practices of sustainable agriculture in desert of Egypt with acceptable reliability and validity measures. After reviewing of literatures regarding sustainable agriculture and sustainable management of natural resources, four main areas were determined to be the components of the proposed sc...
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This study aimed to measure agricultural extension service quality in Nubaria region by measuring extension employees’ perceptions of the total quality scale components, and farmers’ perceptions of service quality scale components. The study was conducted on 20 extension personnel or 76.9% of the total number of extension personnel in Nubaria regio...
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This study aimed to measure agricultural extension service quality in Nubaria region by measuring extension employees’ perceptions of the total quality scale components and farmers’ perceptions of the service quality scale components. The study was conducted on 20 extension personnel or 76.9% of the total number of extension personnel in Nubaria re...
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This study aimed to conduct content analysis of Shams agricultural magazine, through: 1) analyzing the content of the magazine’s topics in terms of number and area, 2) analyzing the content of magazine’s images in the covers and internal pages in terms of number and area, and 3) measuring magazine’s readability using Flesch’s equations for reading...
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The purpose of this study was to 1) assess the linkages in the New Valley’s Agricultural Innovation System (NVAIS) and 2) characterize the information structure underlying the system. Data were collected from 50 respondents represent the nine components of the studied system during the period from Feb. to Mar. 2015 using in-depth interviews. The gr...
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This study aimed to: determine the issues in extension, as identified by central level extension employees that are related to the attraction and motivation of extension agents within the next ten years, and identify the competencies entry–level extension agents will need within the next ten years from the viewpoint of central level extension emplo...
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A package of integrated crop-livestock was developed by the team work of R&D project (Adaptability to climate change in marginal environments in the West Asia North Africa (WANA) Marginal Environments through the sustainable diversity crops and livestock "ACC") implemented in Sinai Peninsula during 2010 till now. This study aimed to: 1) measure the...
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The purpose of this study is to: identify the IK utilized by Bedouins of Sinai in raising small ruminants (goats and sheep), verify the compatibility of the IK utilized in raising of small under saline conditions with the corresponding SK provided by farming systems specialists under saline and draught conditions, to assess Bedouins’ opinions on ch...
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This study explored the opinions of central level extension employees about whether the Egyptian agricultural extension system needs to be reformed or not, and the alternatives they consider to be the best-fit options for extension in Egypt. The study covered 98 extension employees at the central level; findings show that all aspects of the Egyptia...
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This research aims to determine rates of adoption and continuation of some selected innovations (Wheat Seds1, El-Gorma Watermelon, Sprinkler Irrigation System, and Sugar Beet) and to determine perceived barriers to adoption and diffusion of these selected innovations from farmers' point of view. In order to achieve these objectives, an empirical st...
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The main objective of this study was to analyze the agricultural innovation system in Sinai Peninsula (AISSP), Egypt through describing the key sub-systems of AISSP, describing strengths, types, importance, and mechanisms of linkages among sub-systems of the system, assessing the linkages among sub-systems of the AISSP using Graph-Theoretic Techniq...
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SUMMARY “Reasons of Success or Failure of Some Agricultural Innovations in A Village in The New Valley Governorate” The objectives of this study were to: 1. Knowing farmers' behavior towards the selected innovations (Wheat Seds1, El-Gorma Watermelon, Sprinkler Irrigation System, and Sugar Beet). 2. Measuring the success or failure of the selected i...

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