Descriptive Study of The Agricultural Extension Needs for Sheep Raisers in The Balqa Governorate in Jordan

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the agricultural extension needs of sheep owners Balqa governorate in Jordan and some Personal characteristics. A sample of 60 owners was selected and interviewed individually. Using a questionnaire included two parts; the first was the personal and socioeconomic information of the owners and the second was a measure of knowledge levels on the sheep rearing areas. For analyzing data, frequencies, percentages, mean, standard deviations. The most important results were: There was three categories for need levels; low ( 65.22) degree. It was found that 18.3%, 73.3%, and 8.3 % of the sheep owners were fall in the low, medium, and high levels, respectively.The arrangements of extention needs for owners in the items includes in sheep raizing was: health care,reproductivity, raizing and the last is nutrition,the important ratio of means for these issues were (51.4%, 50.6%, 45.6%, 41.5%) respectively. The results of this study recommend in strengthening the role of agricultural extension in animal field by teaching and awareness sheep owners through the preparation a scientific and practical plan dealing with the detailed results of this study.