AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION OFFICIAL LEADERS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS INTERORGANIZA TJONAL COORDfN,ATION AT'THS LOCAL LEVEL IN A.R.E | ||||
| Journal of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences | ||||
| Article 1, Volume 28, Issue 2, February 2003, Page 1067-1081 PDF (11.37 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jaess.2003.244704 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| M. H. Mazen,; S. A. EI-Ghamrini | ||||
| Agricultural Extension and Rural Development Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The main objectives of this study were: to determine attitude's of agricultural extension decision makers towards coordination among local agricultural extension administration units; to determine relationship between attitudes of agricultural extenston decision makers and each of some studied personal I demographic variables related to the study participants; to identify appropriate coordination pattern and form among agricultural extension administration units under the present conditions; to rank the used coordination methods in accordance with their importance; and to rank priorities of elements that are perceived by the study participants as necessary to be included In coordination among agricultural extension administration unites. A random cluster sample encompassed four randomly selected governorates (Sharkla and Kaliobia representing the Delta. and Beni-Suet and Sohag representing upper' Egypt), Four districts I governorate were randomly selected with a total number of 16 districts '·4 governorates. The data was collected from all of the administrators, their deputes and department heads, wo~ng In local extension that are affiliated with different extension organization (AgriCultural extension, pesticide ccntroi. horticulture. lands and waters, animal production of govemorate agriculture, veterinary Extension of governorate veterinary service, and agricultural extension of governorate agricultural refonn, with a total of 152 respondents. The study data were collected during September and October, 2002. - A written questiQnnaire and face-to-face interviews were used in collecting the _ data. Frequency tables, percentage, arithmetiC mean, t-test, person correlation coefficient, and F - test were used in analyzing the collected study data. The most Important study findings were as the followl"_g : 1· About two thirds of the respondents (66.45 %) had positive attitudes towards coordination among the studied agricultural extension local admlnistratiqn units, about a quarter of the respondents (28.95 %) had medium attitudes, and 4.6 % of the respondents had negative attitudes (against coordination). 2- There were no Significant relationship between attitude scores of there respondents and each of: agricultural extension administration units they were affiliated with, position tenure, obtained educational degree, local level of decision makers, speCialization, age, and administrative training obtained. | ||||
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