THE CURRENT USAGE OF EXTENSION METHODS BY AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WORKERS IN NINEVAH GOVERNORATE AND RELATION WITH SOME VARIABLES

Abstract

The objectives of this study aimed to identify the current usage of agricultural extension methods by agricultural extension workers in Nineveh governorate and its relation with some variables (Academic qualification, occupation specialization, period of employment, the former training in communications, sources of agricultural information, and attitudes towards agricultural extension). The sample of the study consists of all the workers in the official agricultural branches (175 employees, 120 of them were subjected to researching procedures). The researcher to achieve the goals of the study designed a special questionnaire consist of two parts. The first was concerned with the personal and vocational data, and the second is concerned with measuring of the usage degree, simple correlation, spearman rank correlation, the arithmetical means, standard deviation, the equation of Spearman Brown percentage, were used in analyzing the data. The result showed that group extension methods came first in usage. It was also revealed that there was a significant correlation between the degree of using the agricultural extension methods and the source of agricultural information and occupation, at the same time results showed that there was no significant correlation between the degree of usage and other variables. The researcher recommended to support the already used agricultural extension methods and to activate extension methods that were not used yet, and to increasing the number of extension worker who work in the agricultural divisions.