Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Agriculture - Department of Rural Sociology and Agricultural Extension

The main objectives of this study were to measure the degree of farmers` knowledge regarding causes of the phenomenon of climate change; negative impacts of that; and how to adapt to these impacts; measure the degree of farmers` attitudes toward adaptation to climate change phenomenon; measure the degree of farmers` practices that lead to the negative impacts of climate change; and how to adapt to these impacts; Identify the relationships among farmers` knowledge, practices, attitudes toward climate change phenomenon and the studied independent variables. The study was conducted in Kfer EL-Sheikh governorate considering its location. a sample of 303 farmers from EL-Karn village, EL-Hamoul district representing (21.5%) was personally interviewed by using a questionnaire designed and pre-tested to achieve the objective of the study. frequencies, percentages, mean, range, standard deviation, and Pearson correlation coefficients and chi square were used for data presentation and analysis.

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