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The Agricultural Industry As Percieved By Members Of The General Public Of Louisiana, Julie Baker Richard
The Agricultural Industry As Percieved By Members Of The General Public Of Louisiana, Julie Baker Richard
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to determine the knowledge and perceptions of the animal, plant, environmental, and food sciences by the adult residents of Louisiana. This study was conducted using a survey research design. This survey utilized random telephone dialing techniques in order to survey 547 residents of Louisiana. The survey instrument consisted of fifty-five questions divided into three sections: demographic characteristics, agriculture knowledge, and perception of agriculture. The overall mean agriculture knowledge score of adult residents of Louisiana for the twenty items included in the survey instrument equaled 13.60 (SD = 2.743) or 68%. Perceptions of agriculture results …