Small Rural Projects for Rural Youth and Their Role in Developing the Rural Family (An Economic Study of Domestic Rabbit Breeding in Menoufia Governorate)

The research aimed to shed light on: (1) The importance of small projects for youth in the development of rural families. (2) The current status of rabbit production in the Arab Republic of Egypt and Menoufia Governorate. (3) Identifying the economics of raising domestic rabbits in Menoufia Governorate. (4) Identifying the most important problems facing domestic rabbit breeders in Menoufia Governorate. (5) Proposing solutions to develop and grow the rabbit industry in Menoufia Governorate. (6) A proposed financial feasibility study to start implementing a rabbit breeding project in Menoufia Governorate. To achieve the study objectives, two main sources of data were relied upon: the first is secondary data published by the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, references and research related to the study topic, and the second is primary data from a field study conducted through a questionnaire designed specifically for this purpose. The questionnaire was collected during the months of March - May 2025 AD through personal interviews with domestic rabbit breeders in the sample areas of the field study in Menoufia Governorate. A deliberate sample was selected from Menoufia Governorate for the centers of Al-Shohada and Birkat Al-Sab’a and their affiliated villages, in order for the researcher to know about the presence of domestic rabbit breeding. From Al-Shohada Center, the villages of Zawyet Al-Baqli and Darajil were selected, and from Birkat Al-Sab’a Center, the villages of Abu Mashhour and Al-Rawda were selected, with 15 questionnaires for each, so that the total sample was 60 questionnaires collected during the previous months of 2025.