The level of commitment of agricultural extensionist workers to the implementation of the educational extension program Supporting for wheat cultivation in Iraq | ||
| Scientific Journal of Agricultural Sciences | ||
| Article 10, Volume 4, Issue 2, September 2022, Pages 159-167 PDF (777.12 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/sjas.2022.143281.1235 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Abdulkareem Naji AL-HANDHAL* ; Samia Abdulazim Mahros; Salah Mohamed Amer; Heba Nourelddine Mohamed | ||
| Department of Rural Society and Agricultural Extension - College of Agriculture - Ain Shams University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The research aimed to the level of agricultural extensionist commitment to implementing the awareness-raising extension program supporting wheat cultivation in Iraq, identifying the factors affecting the level of their commitment, and identifying the most important obstacles facing agricultural extensionist in implementing this program. Data were collected during October (2021) until January (2022), by means of a questionnaire and a personal interview for a random sample of agricultural extensionist at the headquarters of the Agricultural Extension and Training Department in the governorate of Baghdad and Salah al-Din. There are (335) respondents, the data were analyzed using frequencies, percentages, Pearson's simple correlation coefficient, regression analysis, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, and weighted average in the presentation and analysis of the data, and the most important results were as follows: (52.8%) of the respondents signed In the medium commitment category, the variables of the workplace, the length of service in the extension work, and the total degree of participation in training and practical activities explain about (41.2%) of the students. Where is the outcome in the dependent variable? The results also showed that the handicapped (inadequate financial allocations) ranked first from the respondents' point of view with a weighted average of (69.9) degrees, and based on these results, the study recommends preparing training programs for agricultural extension workers in the field of implementing various extension programs. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| level of commitment; agricultural extension agents; extension program; wheat crop | ||
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