relationship between public and private sector is becoming an increasingly important issue in management of agricultural extension services. the need for a strong linkage could be identified as the gap between desirable and current situation. in this research, the differences among current and desirable situation in six diverse dimensions was calculated. the current and desirable situation was ...

these days, promotion of farmers' technical-scientific abilities in agriculture is one of the main challenges in this sector. agricultural extension as a motivate power source in agricultural development can be more effective in solving these problems via acceptance of responsibility in the educational concepts. but it faces numerous obstacles because of absence of a proper informational s...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the role of extension services in enhancing effectiveness of out growers’ credit system in kisumu county, kenya. the study specifically sought to determine whether public and private extension services play a significant role in enhancing effectiveness of out-growers’ credit system among smallholder sugarcane farmers. a total of 110 small scale farme...

Lack of understanding of the extension, education, and development practitioners’ role and their contribution to sustainable agriculture is the main challenge of sustainability projects in Iran. Accordingly, the aim of this study was toidentify the extension system that has been more successful in sustainable horticulture. The population consisted of 22 pioneer farmers that had used or are usin...

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...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of extension services in enhancing effectiveness of out growers’ credit system in Kisumu County, Kenya. The study specifically sought to determine whether public and private extension services play a significant role in enhancing effectiveness of out-growers’ credit system among smallholder sugarcane farmers. A total of 110 small scale farme...

Haimonti Dutta, The Center for Computational Learning Systems William Chan, Department of Computer Science Deepak Shankargouda, Department of Computer Science Manoj Pooleery, The Center for Computational Learning Systems Axinia Radeva, The Center for Computational Learning Systems Kyle Rego, Department of Computer Science Boyi Xie, The Center for Computational Learning Systems Rebecca J. Passon...

Relationship between public and private sector is becoming an increasingly important issue in management of agricultural extension services. The need for a strong linkage could be identified as the gap between desirable and current situation. In this research, the differences among current and desirable situation in six diverse dimensions was calculated. The current and desirable situation was ...

AbstractThe purpose of this study was to assess organizational and personnel structure in Iranian Agriculture Extension System (IAES). The research instrument was a structural questionnaire including close-ended questions which its validity and reliability was confirmed by using expert panel and Cranach’s alpha test, respectively. The statistical population of this research included all public ...

Agricultural extension, as an informal educational system, is one of agricultural development tools that lean on human capitals. Inefficiency of public bureaucracy on the one hand, and managerial problems on the other hand, as well as neglecting real needs of beneficiaries in planning, have determined responsible to transfer administrative tasks to the private sector and reduce government''s te...