agricultural extension workers’ service has been placed as the central pattern of agricultural transformation in general and smallholder farmers in particular. due largely to this commensurately known trend, identifying factors that determine farmers’ access to extension workers’ service and the effect of the service on crop yield was found to be imperative. cross sectional data was collected t...

A 10–year Content Analysis to Assess Research Theme Areas in Agricultural Education: Gap Analysis of Future Research Priorities in the Discipline. (December 2007) Leslie Dawn Jenkins Edgar, B.S., Utah State University; M.S., Utah State University Co–Chairs of Advisory Committee: Dr. Tracy A. Rutherford Dr. Gary E. Briers The field of agricultural education relies on multiple research journals t...

agriculture in the kingdom of saudi arabia has witnessed many phases, from ancient small-scale bedouin nomadic subsistence agriculture to mass-scale farming to ensure food security and self-sufficiency, to the present-day desire for sustainability. these transitions have made the work of extension staff very challenging. effective extension work depends upon competent and well-trained agricultu...

The study analyzed factors that motivate agricultural extension agents in Agricultural Development Programme of Abia State. Primary data were collected from 96 extension agents in Abia State, Nigeria who were selected using multi-stage random sampling technique. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, mean score, ordered logit and Spearman rank correlation. It was revealed that 58.3% o...

Objective: This study is applied of descriptive correlative type run as field study using Billings and Moos (1981) standard methods questionnaires for stress coping and self-efficacy ideas of Sherer et al (1981). Methods: In this research, the census sampling has been done to select the students from Tehran based Science and Research Department of Islamic Azad University Natural Resources and A...

Objective: This study is applied of descriptive correlative type run as field study using Billings and Moos (1981) standard methods questionnaires for stress coping and self-efficacy ideas of Sherer et al (1981). Methods: In this research, the census sampling has been done to select the students from Tehran based Science and Research Department of Islamic Azad University Natural Resources and A...

this survey research was conducted to investigate the professional facilitation competencies of agricultural extension experts. the statistical population of the study consisted of all extension practitioners working in different provincial extension departments of the ministry of jihad-e-agriculture. using cochran's formula, 232 extension practitioners were selected as sample using multi-...

1. This document is Circular 1454, one of a series from the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. First published: October 2006. Please visit the EDIS Web site at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu. 2. Brian Boman, professor, Indian River Research and Education Center, Ft. Pierce; S...