(The Role of Agricultural Extension in Raising Rural Families’ Awareness of Some Diseases Resulting from Climate Change in Assiut Governorate)

This research aimed to identify the extent to which agricultural extension plays its role in raising awareness among the respondents about some diseases resulting from climate change from their point of view in the research area, to determine the extent to which the respondents benefit from the role of agricultural extension in raising their awareness about some diseases resulting from climate change in the research area, to determine the relationship between the studied independent variables and the extent to which agricultural extension plays its role in raising the respondents’ awareness about some diseases resulting from climate change in general, and to determine the relationship between the studied independent variables and the extent to which the respondents benefit from the role of agricultural extension in raising their awareness about some diseases resulting from climate change in general., This research was conducted on a sample of 372 rural households in Assiut Governorate. Data was collected using a questionnaire administered through personal interviews. Data analysis employed a range of statistical methods, including frequencies, percentages, weighted averages, chi-squared tests, and Pearson's correlation coefficient, using the SPSS statistical software. One of the most significant findings was that 40.0% of respondents reported a low level of agricultural extension services in raising awareness among rural families about diseases resulting from climate change. The study also found a significant relationship between some of the studied independent variables and both the level of agricultural extension services' effectiveness in educating respondents about climate-related diseases and the extent to which respondents benefited from these services, at significance levels of 0.05 and 0.01, respectively.