The Relationship between Agricultural Extension and Agricultural Rural Organizations As Seen by Agricultural Extension Workers in Kafrelsheikh Governorate | ||
| Alexandria Science Exchange Journal | ||
| Article 21, Volume 29, October-December - Serial Number 4, October 2008, Pages 277-294 PDF (5.3 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/asejaiqjsae.2008.158783 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Hussein Ali Hagras; Allam Mohammed Tantawi | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The main objective of this research was to identify the relationships between agricultural extension and agricultural rural organizations as seen by agricultural extension workers in Kafr Elsheikh governorate. The agricultural rural organizations were: Agricultural Cooperative Association, veterinary unit, and the village’s Bank. Data were collected by a personal questionnaire from two random samples consisting of 152 agents at the village’s level, and 66 from the extension workers at the the extension Centers level in Kafr Elsheikh governorate Sample Size was decided according to Krejcie and Morgan tables. Percentages, frequencies, and the arithmetic means were used for analysis data. The most important research findings are: 1- More than one third of all respondents mentioned weakness of the relationship between the agricultural extension and the rural agricultural organizations be week. The Two groups of Sample mentioned that the strong relationship has been absent Approximately. 2- Agricultural Cooperative Associations occupied the forefront of strength of the relationship between the agricultural extension and the studied rural agricultural organizations from point of view of all respondents, followed by village banks and veterinary units .The order was slightly different for in the other village level and extension centers level respondents. 3- The official form is the prevailing form in most dimensions of relationship of agricultural extension and studied agricultural rural organizations. - The major constraints that limit the effectiveness of the relationship between agricultural extension and the studied agricultural rural organizations were: lake of coordination & the cooperation between the agricultural extension and rural agricultural organizations, complexity of the procedures needed for exchange information& resources between agricultural extension and rural agricultural organizations, nonexislack of effective channels of communication between agricultural extension and rural agricultural organizations, and the weakness of the available possibilities for the agricultural extension and agricultural rural organizations, in general. 5- The major suggestions of the respondents to increase the effectiveness of relationship between agricultural extension and rural organizations were: simplifying procedures for the exchange of information,and resources and between agricultural extension and agricultural rural organizations, informing the officials and the workers in the organizations with the importance of cooperative relationship with the agricultural extension; encouraging the workers in the agricultural organizations and agricultural extension to consolidate cooperative relationships among themselves, supporting programs among villages level organizations, and to take enough measures to support cooperative relationship between agricultural extension and agriculture rural organizations. | ||
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