| Rural Fishermen Benefit From the Activities of Cooperative Societies in Aswan Governorate |
| Paper ID : 1045-FCANVU |
| Authors |
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Tarek Mohamed Ahmed Hussin *1, Ismail Rostom Sallam Ibrahim2 1New Valley University 2Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Society, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Assiut Branch |
| Abstract |
| The research aimed to identify the degree of benefit and satisfaction of rural fishermen with the activities and services provided by cooperative societies for rural fishermen in Aswan Governorate. The research carried out on a random sample of rural fishermen which consisting of 302 respondents. Data were collected by personal interview questionnaire. Percentages, frequency distribution and weighted average were used to show and describe the research data, Spearman’s correlation coefficient for ranks was used to determine the relationship between the search variables by SPSS. Results were showed that: The most beneficial activities were: lending to fishermen and their families, establishing and managing fish farms, establishing centers for collecting fish, which are arranged in descending order with a weighted average respectively (2.85, 2.82, 2.71) . The degree of satisfaction of the respondents was high with two of the services provided by cooperative societies were: issuing official papers, providing awareness programs. They are arranged in descending order with a weighted average respectively (2.69, 2.28), the degree of respondents' satisfaction was positively correlated with age, number of years of education, level of ambition, number of years of work in fishing at the significant level 0.01, 0.05. The most important suggestions of the respondents to activate the role of fishermen's cooperative societies in the research area were: the necessity of insuring fishermen and their boats (99.7%), providing protection and safety for the families of fishermen (99.3%), and helping to solve problems facing fishermen (98%). |
| Keywords |
| Fishermen, Activities, Cooperative Societies. |
| Status: Accepted |