OPINIONS OF EXTENSION WORKERS ABOUT PROBLEMS FACING AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION PROGRAM PLANNING IN THE CENTRAL

Kadhum, A.T.

	OPINIONS OF EXTENSION WORKERS ABOUT PROBLEMS FACING AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION PROGRAM PLANNING IN THE CENTRAL
IRAQ JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE
Article 1, Volume 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 0-0
Author
A.T. Kadhum
Abstract
efficiency of education program planning and its implementation, despite the importance of the planning process in extension work, but it faces many complex problems, therefore target research to identify the problems facing the program planning process of agricultural extension Viewpoint of Agricultural Agents in the central region of Iraq. A random proportionate layer observation sample was selected proportionally by 40% of the research community of 257 agricultural extension personnel from the agricultural provinces of the central region of Iraq and by 103 agricultural extension personnel. Used a questionnaire consisting of 43 items distributed on four axes: the problems related to Extension employers, problems related to clients, problems related to administration extension, problems related to the extension environment. The results showed that problems related to the extension environment the first with mean of (3.76) degree, while problems concerning clients ranked last with (3.24) degree. The study recommended that the interest of those responsible for agricultural extension to overcoming the problems facing workers program planning agricultural extension, encourage those engaged in the planning of extension programs to communicate with the centers Research for supplying information leading to advanced level of advancement of agricultural production.

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