faculty of agriculture

Dr. Samia Hanna Henein Barsoum

Contact Information
Phone Number: 084 6356731
Fax Number: 084 6334964
E-mail Address: shh01@fayoum.edu.eg
Office : Agricultural Economics Building - Faculty of Agriculture
Postal Address : Fayoum University - Faculty of Agriculture - Economics Department - POBox: 63514
Academic Qualifications
B.Sc.:(Agric Extension), Faculty of agriculture, Cairo Univ., 1976.
M. Sc: .(Agric Extension), Faculty of agriculture,Cairo Univ., 1982.
PhD: (Agric Extension), Faculty of agriculture El-Fayoum ,Cairo Univ., 1988.
Academic Positions
Demonstrator : agricultural extension at faculty of agriculture , Fayoum- Cairo Univ from 1977 to 1982
Assistant lecturer : agricultural extension at faculty of agriculture , Fayoum- Cairo Univ from 1982 to 1988
Lecturer : agricultural extension at faculty of agriculture , Fayoum- Cairo Univ from 1988 to 1999
Associate prof : agricultural extension at faculty of agriculture , Fayoum Univ from 1999 to 2008
Academic Activities
Teaching for both under and post – graduate students in the fields of agric. extension.
Supervising both M.Sc & Ph.D students
For M.Sc 10 theses (done ) , and 2 theses (under preparing )
For Ph.D 8 theses (done ) , and 3 theses (under preparing )
Participating in referring committees for M.Sc. and Ph.D. theses .
Participating in many scientific committees in the faculty .
Participation in Research Project
Maintaining living methods of small farmers and diffusion of the developmental programs and projects in order to poor reduction in Arabian rural sector (2006 – 2008 ) conducted by (Arabian Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD) & PCUWA)
Poor reduction of the rural women in egyptian rural area, (2006-2008 ) conducted by (AOAD) & (PCUWA) .
Modernization of Fayoum project" (construction and rural development committee , 2005 )
Mainstreaming women in agricultural policies and practices conducted in collaboration between ministry of agricultural and royal Netherlands embassy (1999 – 2004 ) .
Integrated pest management in Fayoum . conducted in collaboration between royal Netherlands embassy and Fayoum agricultural directorate . (1999-2000).
"The role of rural women in development", conducted in collaboration between ministry of agriculture and the world bank, (1995 – 1997).
Fayoum agricultural development project the extension component (1988-1989)
Social Activities
Membership in :
Scientific society of agricultural extension in Egypt .
Environment and community service association .
Egyptian association of agricultural economics .
List of Publications
Extension needs of sugar beet growers in El-Fayoum governorate
Size of land holding and its relation with the farmers attitudes towards extension work in Egyptian villages.
The relative importance of information sources through decision – making stages of sunflower growing.
Study of the impact of some factors on the adoption rate of technology package.
A study in differences between decision-making categories related to some variables for sunflower.
Study some variables affecting the degree of knowledge, implementation and attitudes of farmers related to rationalization of irrigation water use.
Knowledge needs of the extension workers related to the rural women development in El-Fayoum governorate .
The most importants factors affecting farmers knowledge and implementation related to recommendations of reducing losses of tomato production in Fayoum governorate.
Study of the agricultural activities conducted by the rural women in El-Fayoum governorate.
the role of farmer field schools in increasing male and female farmers knowledge about pest management of broad bean in Fayoum governorate .
Perception of the extension agents in Fayoum governorate of the recently economic changes and the expected role of extension in view of these changes.
Evaluation of the rural women activities effects in the agricultural production intensification project in Fayoum governorate.
The communication efficiency for El-Megalla El-Zeraia program in north Upper Egypt.
Studying performance level of extension workers of their functional task in north Upper Egypt.
An Economics of some small environmental enterprises in Fayoum governorate and the agricultural extension role in developing it .
roles of male and female farmers in producing and marketing of Chamomile in Fayoum governorate .