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The aim of such research is to recognize some general properties of respondent farmers, determine the level of respondent farmers' knowledge of technical specifications of olive production and marketing, determine the relationship between the level of respondent farmers' knowledge of technical specifications of olive production and marketing and all studied independent variables, determine the level of implementation by respondent farmers of technical specifications of olive production and marketing and all studied independent variations, and define the relative importance of the sources of the agricultural information from which olive farmers take their information related to olive production and marketing, determine the problems which face the respondent olive farmers during production and marketing the crop in addition to their suggestion to solve such problems. This research was conducted in Ismailia Governorate where the biggest three districts in such governorate were chosen for making such research based on the olive cultivated area. Two villages were chosen; from each district, i.e., Al-Kantara Shark, Abu Suweir, and Ismailia. Data were collected from a random sample sized as 260 farmers. Chi square test and coefficient of contingency were used for statistical analysis. Also, timetable description, percentages, arithmetic mean, standard deviation and weighted arithmetic mean were used. Resulted indicated that 18.85% of total respondent their level of knowledge of technical specifications of olive production and marketing is weak. Though, around 56.92% of total respondent farmers their level of knowledge is medium. It is clear that 24.23% of total respondent their level of knowledge is high. Moreover, results indicated that 26.53% of total respondent farmers lie in group of low implementation, while 60.77% lies in group of middle execution group, but percentage of 12.70% lies in high execution group. Furthermore, results referred to a significant relation between the level of knowledge of respondent farmers of the technical specifications of olive production and marketing and all the following variatiables, educational status, agricultural area, cultivated area of olive, the non informal social participation, exposure to activities and means of group communication. Results indicated a significant relation between the level of respondent farmers of technical specifications of olive production and marketing and the following independent variations: age, educational status, agricultural area, cultivated area of olive, leadership grade, participationin extension activities and exposure to means of group communication. Results indicated that the most important information sources from which olive farmers take their skills and knowledge in the field of olive production and marketing are neighbors of experienced farmers in the village, fertilizers and insecticides traders, agricultural TV programs and agricultural agent in the village and extension pamphlets. Regarding the problems faced by olive farmers in the field of production are represented in the scarcity of trained agricultural personnel and the rise of their wages, and the rise of irrigation costs. Concerning the problems faced by olive farmers in the field of marketing lie in depending on traditional ways for collecting olive, increase of crop collection costs, control of traders monopalistic over crop marketing prices and the rise of crop transportation costs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Agricultural extension in the field of protection of the rural environment from pollution uses many extension methods in order to disseminate new information and ideas among farmers to bring about desired behavioral changes whether in their knowledge, skills or attitudes. The extension methods and their aids are the way of agricultural extension in carrying its messages to its different farmers. Therefore, the research aimed at identifying the general characteristics of the respondent farmers, identifying the sources of information from which the respondents draw their information on how to protect the rural environment, and identify the extension methods Determining the relationship between the degree of the respondents' knowledge of the technical recommendations for the protection of the environment and the independent variables studied according to the studied guidelines, to identify the effectiveness of the guiding methods. In reducing the pollution of the rural environment, identifying the problems faced by the respondents in protecting the rural environment from pollution and their proposals to overcome them. The research was conducted on a sample of 252 respondents in Sharkia Governorate selected from four More polluted centers were selected so that a village was selected from each center and the data were collected using a questionnaire form prepared to achieve the research objectives during the months of November and December 2018, and a number of statistical methods were used: repetitions, arithmetic mean and variance analysis. The environment is (25.4%) of respondents who have low knowledge of the technical recommendations for protecting the rural environment from pollution, (12.7%) of the total respondents knowing the technical recommendations for protecting the rural environment from pollution (medium, 61.9%). The respondents were acquainted Technical recommendations for the protection of the rural environment from pollution are high, due to the fact that most of the recommendations for the protection of the rural environment from pollution are considered one of the basic recommendations known by most respondents, and the biggest differences in knowledge of methods of protecting the rural environment from pollution according to the guiding methods (practical illustration). An average of about 38.83 degrees followed by a demonstration meeting with an average of 38.64 degrees followed by field visits with an average of 38.29 degrees followed by more than one method together with an average of about 37.49 degrees. The most effective in the knowledge of respondents to methods of protecting the most important proposals of the respondents to protect their environment from pollution are to help the peasant in the disposal of agricultural and domestic waste, reduce the use of pesticides, and not to burn agricultural waste in the land [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]