BROBLEMSFACINGTHE EXTENSIONTRAININGCENTERSAND METHODS FOR DEVELOPMENT IN IRAQFROMTHESTANDPOINTOFITSEMPLOYEES

R.Hassuny, A.; A.Ridha, B.

	BROBLEMSFACINGTHE EXTENSIONTRAININGCENTERSAND METHODS FOR DEVELOPMENT IN IRAQFROMTHESTANDPOINTOFITSEMPLOYEES
The Iraqi Journal of Agricultural Science
Article 1, Volume 46, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 621-628
Authors
A. R.Hassuny; B. A.Ridha
Abstract
The Research aimed at identifying the problems facing the training Extension centers training in Iraq from the point of view of its employees as well as to explore the most important suggestions to develope these centers.Arandom stratified proportional sample has been chosen from all provinces in Iraq accept for Kurdistan region of 15province by 60% which became 9 provinces as follows: (AL-Taamem, Salah al-Deen, Diyala, Babylon, Wasit, Najaf, DhiQar,Maysan and Basra).The researchcovered all the personnel in those centers(managers and the other staff) which were about 63 in nine9 extension centers in the provinces concerned.Data were collected during August,2013 by aquestionnaire with interview, the questionnaire consisted of 2-part: the first one dealt with the the problems that faced the Extension centers 27 items distributed on 3axes:organizationalproblems,technicalproblems,financialproblems.the second part included suggestion items 10 to develop Extension centers. The results showed that the financial problems was in the first rank of importance.the third one was the organizational problems. The suggestion of providing financial support came as a first rank.The researchers recommended to solve the problems by the government (ministry of Agriculture) in away of providing financial and technical support as well as increasing their personnel and equipment.
Keywords
Extension Centers; problems; training

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