EXTENSION ORGANIZATION REALITY OF RURAL WEMAN IN SOME MIDDLE OF IRAQ PROVINCES AND THE METHODS OF ITS DEVELOPMENT

W. Eskander, W.; K. Al-Taiy, H.

	EXTENSION ORGANIZATION REALITY OF RURAL WEMAN IN SOME MIDDLE OF IRAQ PROVINCES AND THE METHODS OF ITS DEVELOPMENT
The Iraqi Journal of Agricultural Science
Article 1, Volume 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 65-76
Authors
W. W. Eskander; H. K. Al-Taiy
Abstract
The aim of this research was to identify extension organization reality of rural woman in Iraq and to determine its problems and methods of development to achieve research objectives. A layout for organization reality of rural woman consisted of 38 items was prepared and distributed on 9 areas, they were: organization objectives, organization levels, organization functions, organization tasks, job staff, communication, control, flow-up and evaluation. Data were collected during 25/12/2013 until 10/4/2013 from 70 employees working in the unit of extension organization of rural woman in the provinces of Baghdad, Babylon, Wasit and Karbala. Which were chose as research regions through questionnaire and interviews. The results showed that absence of unit for rural woman in agricultural branches and the low number of workers especially from women in extension field. The results also showed absence of extension objectives and tasks document and limited level extension organization of rural woman modern of training and extension activities executed by the directorate of Extension and Agricultural Cooperation in the field of rural women in 2010-2013 is 10.3 activity/year. The results also showed the weakness of flow-up and evaluation of training and extension activities executed.
Keywords
Extension organization; organization levels; questionnaire

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