THE KNOWLEDGE NEEDS OF EMPLOYEES IN THE AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES DIFFUSION PROCESS IN CENTRAL IRAQ*

H. M. AI-Bahr, Azhaar; K. AI- Taiy, Hussain

	THE KNOWLEDGE NEEDS OF EMPLOYEES IN THE AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES DIFFUSION PROCESS IN CENTRAL IRAQ*
The Iraqi Journal of Agricultural Science
Article 1, Volume 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-93
Authors
Azhaar H. M. AI-Bahr; Hussain K. AI- Taiy
Abstract
The research aimed to determine the knowledge needs of employers (managers, executers, researchers) in field of Agricultural Technologies diffusion by the mean of organizing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating. The results revealed that the average degree of knowledge needs of employers in the Agricultural Technologies diffusion process was 284.2. A 65.5% of the employers knowledge needs at the high level whose a-rrange is 265-396 degree. The average of degree of knowledge needs for each category (managers, executers) was 284 and 315.3 respectively. All of these degrees located at the knowledge ~eeds level, while for the researchers, it was 232.6 with no significant differences among them. The average degree of knowledge needs in the interlocutors of agricultural technologies diffusion process were 83.3, 10.6,59.9,63 and 47.6 degree for the fundamental knowledge and principles organizing of the diffusion program, planning of the diffusion program, implementing of extension activities, monitoring of the implementing an extension activities, and evaluating of the diffusion program respectively. The process of' agricultural technologies diffusion in Iraq were implemented with in a big knowledge gab for all employers categories this could represent an important reason for the weakness of agricultural technologies d.iffusion system in the country.

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