Farmers' knowledge Related to the Phenomenon of Climate Change in Qalyubia Governorate

Abstract
his research aimed to identify the level of knowledge of strawberry growers related to the phenomenon of climate change in terms of (the concept of climate change - its causes - its negative effects on the strawberry crop), and to determine the relationship between that level of knowledge and some of the independent variables studied, while determining the contribution of each of these independent and related variables. Significant level of knowledge in explaining the variance occurring in this dependent variable.
       This research was conducted in Qalyubia Governorate, and the villages of Arab Al-Ghadiri and Mit Kenana in the Toukh center, and the villages of Al-Qalzam and Kafr Al-Sohby in the Shebin Al-Qanater center, were selected. A regular random sample of 333 respondents was chosen, representing a percentage of 13.32% of the total number of farmers in the four villages. Research data was collected. During the months of April and May 2023, through a personal interview using a questionnaire form after it had been initially tested, and it was used to analyze the data statistically: the arithmetic mean, the tabular display with frequencies and percentages, the simple pearson correlation coefficient, the correlation analysis model, and the ascending stepwise multiple regression.
       The most important results are summarized as follows:
        7.8% of the respondents had low knowledge, 37.5% of them had medium knowledge, and 54.7% of them had high knowledge, and the general average score of the respondents’ knowledge of information items related to climate changes in the strawberry crop was 1.73 degrees, representing 86.5%. The results also showed that The percentage of contribution of the independent variables studied together in explaining the total variance in the degree of respondents’ knowledge of information items related to climate changes in the strawberry crop is 79%, of which 75.2% is attributable to the degree of total informal participation, 3.1% to the degree of satisfaction with the extension services provided to strawberry growers, 0.4%. To openness to the outside world, 0.3% to the total degree of attendance at agricultural seminars in the field of climate change.