the main objective of present paper was to study the validity of agricultural extension indices for ranking iranian provinces in terms of extension and education activities. the study was carried out in two phases. in phase one through review of literature, 137 extension-education indices were identified. the indices were classified in seven fields as following: 1) indices of extension workers,...

This is part of a series guides that have been updated with permission from 4-H National Council. resource guide designed to be used by Extension professionals and after-school providers deliver positive youth development programs in underrepresented areas or populations. It includes information on identifying underserved audiences potential challenges their participation programming. Written V...

criticism of public extension services has resulted in various countries seeking alternative approaches for provision of these services. in all these approaches, extension personnel are the key factors to the success of the implementation. today, agricultural extension services in turkey bear the responsibility of the ministry of food, agriculture and livestock. a number of non-public extension...

Household food security remains a challenge in South Africa. The national government instituted the Integrated Food Security Strategy (IFSS) programme which identifies household agricultural production as an important element of improving household-level food security. Agricultural extension is well positioned to help achieve this aim, but its current contribution is unknown. This study identif...

1. introduction behavioral approaches in agricultural studies are approaches which 1. sseek to understand behavior of farmers, 2. emphasize on psychological constructions such as attitudes, values and goals, and collect data related to the land, economic situation etc., and 3. enjoy quantitative methods. in general, such approaches are considered as a combination of motivational factors and str...

The study assessed farmers’ perception of effectiveness of agricultural extension agents in Anambra State, Nigeria. The population of the study comprised all contact farmers and extension agents in Anambra State. Multi-stage, purposive and simple random sampling techniques were used to select 200 respondents comprising 160 farmers and 40 extension agents. Data for the study were collected throu...

abstract this correlational-survery research was conducted with the main objective of investigating viewpoints of farmers of markazi district of karaj towards participation in community supported agriculture. the statistical population of the study consisted of farmers in markazi district of karaj (n=1598) out of which 117 people were selected as sample using cochran formula. in order to enhanc...